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This textbook reflects the buoyant state of contemporary political philosophy, and the development of the subject in the past two decades. It includes seminal papers on fundamental philosophical issues such as: the nature of social explanation distributive justice liberalism and communitarianism citizenship and multiculturalism nationalism democracy criminal justice. A range of views is represented, demonstrating the richness of the philosophical contribution to some of the most contested areas of public policy and political decision making. Each section has an introduction by the editors that situates the papers in the ongoing debate. Further Reading sections feature at the end of each chapter. Readings from the following thinkers are included: Steven Lukes, Robert Nozick, John Rawls, Bhikhu Parekh, Antony Duff, G.A. Cohen, Derek Parfit, Roger Scruton, Michael Sandel, Alasdair MacIntrye. Debates in Contemporary Political Philosophy will be a valuable resource for upper-level students interested in current thinking in this area.

Acknowledgements ix
1 Introduction 1
Part 1
The philosophy of social explanation 5
Introduction 7
2 Methodological individualism 12
STEVEN LUKES
3 Marxism, functionalism, and game theory: a case for methodological
individualism 22
JON ELSTER
4 Reply to Elster on “Marxism, functionalism, and game theory” 41
G.A. COHEN
5 Marxism and methodological individualism 54
ERIK OLIN WRIGHT, ANDREW LEVINE AND ELLIOTT SOBER
Part 2
Distributive justice 67
Introduction 69
6 Distributive justice 73
ROBERT NOZICK
7 Equality as a moral ideal 82
HARRY FRANKFURT
8 Where the action is: on the site of distributive justice 100
G.A. COHEN
9 Equality and priority 115
DEREK PARFIT
Part 3
Liberalism and communitarianism 133
Introduction 135
10 Liberalism and the limits of justice 140
MICHAEL SANDEL
11 The domain of the political and overlapping consensus 160
JOHN RAWLS
12 Communitarian critics of liberalism 182
AMY GUTMANN
13 Cross-purposes: the liberal–communitarian debate 195
CHARLES TAYLOR
Part 4
Citizenship and multiculturalism 213
Introduction 215
14 Polity and group difference: a critique of the ideal of universal
citizenship 219
I R I S MARION YOUNG
15 Contemporary liberal responses to diversity 239
BHIKHU PAREKH
16 Theories of group rights 248
BRIAN BARRY
Part 5
Nationalism 265
Introduction 267
17 In defence of the nation 271
ROGER SCRUTON
18 Is patriotism a virtue? 286
ALASDAIR MACINTYRE
19 In defence of nationality 301
DAVID MILLER
Part 6
Democracy 319
Introduction 321
20 The market and the forum: three varieties of political theory 325
JON ELSTER
21 Deliberation and democratic legitimacy 342
JOSHUA COHEN
22 Philosophy and democracy 361
MICHAEL WALZER
Part 7
Punishment 381
Introduction 383
23 Punishment, communication and community 387
ANTONY DUFF
24 Punishment, penance and the state: a reply to Duff 408
ANDREW VON HIRSCH
Appendix: response to von Hirsch 423
ANTONY DUFF
25 The justification of general deterrence 428
DANIEL FARRELL
Index
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