Reviews for Introduzione alla filosofia politica

The average rating for Introduzione alla filosofia politica based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-11-29 00:00:00 Lonny Parr Despite the fact that I often find myself disagreeing with his conclusions, Bernard Williams provides an example of an attempt to engage in moral philosophy and political theory with no illusions. His relentless criticisms of moralism, what he characterizes as an inflated belief in the efficacy and importance of context-free moral principles, challenges anyone who wishes to defend the importance of objective moral norms. Likewise, Williams cuts through the Rawlsian fog, challenging ideal theory's prominence in political theory. His primary claim is that this type of political theory represents a form of moralism that fails to actually grasp what real politics is really about: very partial persons who may or may not care about justice but who certainly care about a great many other things engaged in various forms of conflict that somehow stops short of violence. It would not be wrong to detect a Hobbesian streak Williams's political thought but this is tempered by a greater appreciation for the complexity and historicity human motivation. Regardless, Williams continuously challenges the causal moralism that is on display both in political theory and in many areas of applied ethics. These essays deserve to be read and reread.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-08-06 00:00:00 Danny Estrada I was a member of a prison Ethics Debate group. This was the single best source I’ve read that aids in communication within a pluralistic society.