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Ideas That Matter - Democracy, Justice, Rights (Hardcover)
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Ideas That Matter - Democracy, Justice, Rights (Hardcover)
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The essays in this volume take off from themes in the work of
eminent philosopher and political scientist Joshua Cohen. Cohen is
a deeply influential thinker who has written on deliberative
democracy, freedom of expression, Rawlsian theory, global justice,
and human rights. The essays gathered here both engage with Cohen's
work and expand upon it, embodying his commitment to the idea that
analytical work by philosophers and social scientists matters to
our shared public life and to democracy itself. The contributors
offer novel perspectives on pressing issues of public policy from
accountability for sexual violence to exploitation in international
trade. The volume is organized around three central ideas. The
first concerns democracy, specifically how we can improve
collective decision-making both by elucidating our normative
principles and enacting institutional changes. The second idea
centers on how we confront injustice, investigating the role of
emotions, social norms, and culture in democratic politics and
public discussion. The final section explores how we develop
political principles and values in an interdependent world, one in
which theories of justice and forms of cooperation are increasingly
extending beyond the state. The principle uniting this collection
is that ideas matter-they can guide us in understanding how to
confront difficult global problems such as the fragility of
democratic institutions, the place of sovereignty in a globalizing
world, and the persistence of racial injustice.
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