1st Edition
Contractarianism, Role Obligations, and Political Morality
By Benjamin Sachs
Copyright 2022
156 Pages
by
Routledge
156 Pages
by
Routledge
156 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book argues that contractarianism is well suited as a political morality and explores the implications of deploying it in this way. It promises to revive contractarianism as a viable political theory, breaking it free from its Rawlsian moorings while taking seriously the long-standing objections to it.
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1. A New Contractarianism
2. Arguing for Contractarianism
3. Sidestepping Objections to Contractarianism
4. Political Liberalism
5. Legal Liberalism
6. The Political Status of Sentient Animals
7. The Legal Status of Sentient Animals
8. Conclusion
Biography
Benjamin Sachs is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of St Andrews. His main interests are in coercion and distributive justice, as well as theoretical and applied issues in ethics, political philosophy, and philosophy of law. His previous book, Explaining Right and Wrong, was published by Routledge in 2018.
