This collection explores the nature and role of ethics within anarchist thought and practice, examining normative, meta-ethical and applied ethical issues through some of the theoretical insights of anarchism. It comprises contributions from international scholars working within the fields of philosophy and political theory. BENJAMIN FRANKS is the Lecturer in Social and Political Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, UK, based at their Dumfries campus. He is the author of'Rebel Alliances: The means and ends of contemporary British anarchisms', andhis work on anarchisms and postanarchisms have appeared in 'Anarchist Studies, Capital and Class' and the 'Journal of Political Ideologies'. . MATTHEW WILSON is a Postgraduate Researcher at Loughborough University, UK, exploring theproblems of freedom, diversity and conflict in anarchist thought and practice. He is also involved in various forms of political activism; in particular, with the anarchist cycling collective, Bicycology. INDICE: Notes on Contributors - Introduction: Anarchism and Moral Philosophy; 'B.Franks' - PART I: PHILOSOPHICAL ANARCHISM - In Defence of PhilosophicalAnarchism; 'P.McLaughlin' - Kicking Against the Pricks: Anarchist Perfectionism and the Conditions of Independence; 'S.Clark' - Anarchist Philosophy: Past,Problems, and Prospects;' N.Jun' - PART II: ANARCHISM, PROPERTY AND AUTONOMY - Autonomy, Taxation and Ownership: An Anarchist Critique of Kant's Theory of Property;' K.DeClark - 'The Ethical Foundations of Proudhon's Republican Anarchism; 'A.Prichard - 'Freedom Pressed: Anarchism, Liberty and Conflict;' M.Wilson' - PART III: ALTERNATIVE ANARCHIST ETHICS - Anarchism and the Virtues; 'B.Franks' - Green Anarchy: Deep Ecology and Primitivism; 'E.Aaltola' - Listening,Caring, Becoming: Anarchism as an Ethics of Direct Relationships 'J.Heckert -'A Well-Being Out of Nihilism: On the Affinities Between Nietzsche and Anarchist Thought; 'J.Irwin - 'Are Postanarchists Right to Call Classical Anarchisms'humanist'?; 'T.Swann - 'Index -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-58066-4
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 14/12/2010
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