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Anarchism and moral philosophy

Title

Anarchism and moral philosophy / edited by Benjamin Franks, Matthew Wilson.

Format

Book

Published

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Description

viii, 248 p. ; 23 cm.

URL

<Table of contents> http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=021161886&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA <Table of contents> http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=serviceetdoc_library=BVB01etdoc_number=021161886etline_number=0001etfunc_code=DB_RECORDSetservice_type=MEDIA

Other contributors

Wilson, Matthew J. Franks, Benjamin.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction : Anarchism and moral philosophy / Benjamin Franks
• In defence of philosophical anarchism / Paul McLaughlin
• Kicking against the pricks : anarchist perfectionism and the conditions of independence / Samuel Clark
• Anarchist philosophy : past, problems and prospects / Nathan Jun
• Autonomy, taxation and ownership : an anarchist critique of Kant's theory of property / Kory DeClark
• The ethical foundations of Proudhon's republican anarchism / Alex Prichard
• Freedom pressed : anarchism, liberty and conflict / Matthew Wilson
• Anarchism and the virtues / Benjamin Franks
• Green anarchy : deep ecology and primitivism / Elisa Aaltola
• Listening, caring, becoming : anarchism as an ethics of direct relationships / Jamie Heckert
• A well-being out of nihilism : on the affinities between Nietzsche and anarchist thought / Jones Irwin
• Are postanarchists right to call classical anarchisms 'humanist'? / Thomas Swann.

Summary

Anarchism and Moral Philosophy is a timely collection of original essays, covering the chronological and ideological spectrum of anarchist thought. Reflections of anarchism's classical thinkers, such as Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and Peter Kropotkin, are found alongside discussions of Aristotelian virtue ethics and activist decision-making. Challenging much conventional wisdom, where anarchism is seen either as right-libertarianism or bomb-throwing terrorism, the book amply demonstrates that anarchism raises pertinent questions and offers a wide range of useful philosophical insights for anyone interested in exploring an increasingly complex moral world. The volume is valuable both as an introduction to key themes and as an advanced discussion of contentious questions within anarchist theory. Anarchism and Moral Philosophy is an invaluable collection for anyone interested in thinking seriously about the ethical presuppositions and implications of radical politics today. -- Publisher description.

Subject headings

Anarchism--Moral and ethical aspects.

ISBN

9780230580664 (hbk.) 0230580661 (hbk.)