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Political Philosophy, Empathy and Political Justice

Political Philosophy, Empathy and Political Justice

ByMatt Edge
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2015
eBook Published 24 July 2015
Pub. location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9781315780221
Pages 270 pages
eBook ISBN 9781317701866
SubjectsHealth and Social Care, Humanities, Politics & International Relations
KeywordsEmpathy Test, City Gamma, Rawls 1999a, Equal Concern, Radical Concern
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Edge, M. (2016). Political Philosophy, Empathy and Political Justice. New York: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315780221
ABOUT THIS BOOK

In this work, Matt Edge offers an innovative approach to political philosophy. He invites the reader to consider the question of political justice from an empathic perspective - if you were asked to construct a theory of justice acceptable to members of a community you were not yourself a part of, how would you succeed in making your proposal acceptable? What tools would you rely on to construct such a theory, and why? Equally, what would make anyone qualified to write such a theory?

Using empathy, this remarkable, natural, tool human beings possess for making moral and ethical decisions, and, thereby, placing yourself as someone on the receiving end of the very theory of justice you yourself are constructing, what would you come up with? What set of alterable human structures and systems would you deem acceptable, were you to find yourself in the position of a citizen living under such structures?

Political Philosophy, Empathy and Political Justice offers a unique and compelling account of the type of free system required to pass an empathic examination at the heart of these, and related, questions, matters which define all human eras, in the constant search for political and social justice on our diverse planet.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |13 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 1|16 pages
Empathy and Political Philosophy
View abstract
chapter 2|49 pages
Empathy
View abstract
chapter 3|24 pages
The Empathy Test
View abstract
chapter 4|43 pages
Radical Concern
Political Philosophy On Foot
View abstract
chapter 5|37 pages
Freedom and Empathy
View abstract
chapter 6|50 pages
A Theory of Freedom
View abstract
chapter |17 pages
Conclusion
View abstract

In this work, Matt Edge offers an innovative approach to political philosophy. He invites the reader to consider the question of political justice from an empathic perspective - if you were asked to construct a theory of justice acceptable to members of a community you were not yourself a part of, how would you succeed in making your proposal acceptable? What tools would you rely on to construct such a theory, and why? Equally, what would make anyone qualified to write such a theory?

Using empathy, this remarkable, natural, tool human beings possess for making moral and ethical decisions, and, thereby, placing yourself as someone on the receiving end of the very theory of justice you yourself are constructing, what would you come up with? What set of alterable human structures and systems would you deem acceptable, were you to find yourself in the position of a citizen living under such structures?

Political Philosophy, Empathy and Political Justice offers a unique and compelling account of the type of free system required to pass an empathic examination at the heart of these, and related, questions, matters which define all human eras, in the constant search for political and social justice on our diverse planet.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |13 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 1|16 pages
Empathy and Political Philosophy
View abstract
chapter 2|49 pages
Empathy
View abstract
chapter 3|24 pages
The Empathy Test
View abstract
chapter 4|43 pages
Radical Concern
Political Philosophy On Foot
View abstract
chapter 5|37 pages
Freedom and Empathy
View abstract
chapter 6|50 pages
A Theory of Freedom
View abstract
chapter |17 pages
Conclusion
View abstract
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK

In this work, Matt Edge offers an innovative approach to political philosophy. He invites the reader to consider the question of political justice from an empathic perspective - if you were asked to construct a theory of justice acceptable to members of a community you were not yourself a part of, how would you succeed in making your proposal acceptable? What tools would you rely on to construct such a theory, and why? Equally, what would make anyone qualified to write such a theory?

Using empathy, this remarkable, natural, tool human beings possess for making moral and ethical decisions, and, thereby, placing yourself as someone on the receiving end of the very theory of justice you yourself are constructing, what would you come up with? What set of alterable human structures and systems would you deem acceptable, were you to find yourself in the position of a citizen living under such structures?

Political Philosophy, Empathy and Political Justice offers a unique and compelling account of the type of free system required to pass an empathic examination at the heart of these, and related, questions, matters which define all human eras, in the constant search for political and social justice on our diverse planet.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |13 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 1|16 pages
Empathy and Political Philosophy
View abstract
chapter 2|49 pages
Empathy
View abstract
chapter 3|24 pages
The Empathy Test
View abstract
chapter 4|43 pages
Radical Concern
Political Philosophy On Foot
View abstract
chapter 5|37 pages
Freedom and Empathy
View abstract
chapter 6|50 pages
A Theory of Freedom
View abstract
chapter |17 pages
Conclusion
View abstract

In this work, Matt Edge offers an innovative approach to political philosophy. He invites the reader to consider the question of political justice from an empathic perspective - if you were asked to construct a theory of justice acceptable to members of a community you were not yourself a part of, how would you succeed in making your proposal acceptable? What tools would you rely on to construct such a theory, and why? Equally, what would make anyone qualified to write such a theory?

Using empathy, this remarkable, natural, tool human beings possess for making moral and ethical decisions, and, thereby, placing yourself as someone on the receiving end of the very theory of justice you yourself are constructing, what would you come up with? What set of alterable human structures and systems would you deem acceptable, were you to find yourself in the position of a citizen living under such structures?

Political Philosophy, Empathy and Political Justice offers a unique and compelling account of the type of free system required to pass an empathic examination at the heart of these, and related, questions, matters which define all human eras, in the constant search for political and social justice on our diverse planet.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |13 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 1|16 pages
Empathy and Political Philosophy
View abstract
chapter 2|49 pages
Empathy
View abstract
chapter 3|24 pages
The Empathy Test
View abstract
chapter 4|43 pages
Radical Concern
Political Philosophy On Foot
View abstract
chapter 5|37 pages
Freedom and Empathy
View abstract
chapter 6|50 pages
A Theory of Freedom
View abstract
chapter |17 pages
Conclusion
View abstract
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK

In this work, Matt Edge offers an innovative approach to political philosophy. He invites the reader to consider the question of political justice from an empathic perspective - if you were asked to construct a theory of justice acceptable to members of a community you were not yourself a part of, how would you succeed in making your proposal acceptable? What tools would you rely on to construct such a theory, and why? Equally, what would make anyone qualified to write such a theory?

Using empathy, this remarkable, natural, tool human beings possess for making moral and ethical decisions, and, thereby, placing yourself as someone on the receiving end of the very theory of justice you yourself are constructing, what would you come up with? What set of alterable human structures and systems would you deem acceptable, were you to find yourself in the position of a citizen living under such structures?

Political Philosophy, Empathy and Political Justice offers a unique and compelling account of the type of free system required to pass an empathic examination at the heart of these, and related, questions, matters which define all human eras, in the constant search for political and social justice on our diverse planet.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |13 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 1|16 pages
Empathy and Political Philosophy
View abstract
chapter 2|49 pages
Empathy
View abstract
chapter 3|24 pages
The Empathy Test
View abstract
chapter 4|43 pages
Radical Concern
Political Philosophy On Foot
View abstract
chapter 5|37 pages
Freedom and Empathy
View abstract
chapter 6|50 pages
A Theory of Freedom
View abstract
chapter |17 pages
Conclusion
View abstract

In this work, Matt Edge offers an innovative approach to political philosophy. He invites the reader to consider the question of political justice from an empathic perspective - if you were asked to construct a theory of justice acceptable to members of a community you were not yourself a part of, how would you succeed in making your proposal acceptable? What tools would you rely on to construct such a theory, and why? Equally, what would make anyone qualified to write such a theory?

Using empathy, this remarkable, natural, tool human beings possess for making moral and ethical decisions, and, thereby, placing yourself as someone on the receiving end of the very theory of justice you yourself are constructing, what would you come up with? What set of alterable human structures and systems would you deem acceptable, were you to find yourself in the position of a citizen living under such structures?

Political Philosophy, Empathy and Political Justice offers a unique and compelling account of the type of free system required to pass an empathic examination at the heart of these, and related, questions, matters which define all human eras, in the constant search for political and social justice on our diverse planet.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |13 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 1|16 pages
Empathy and Political Philosophy
View abstract
chapter 2|49 pages
Empathy
View abstract
chapter 3|24 pages
The Empathy Test
View abstract
chapter 4|43 pages
Radical Concern
Political Philosophy On Foot
View abstract
chapter 5|37 pages
Freedom and Empathy
View abstract
chapter 6|50 pages
A Theory of Freedom
View abstract
chapter |17 pages
Conclusion
View abstract
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