Dworkin and His Critics | With Replies by Dworkin | ISBN 9781405142878

Dworkin and His Critics

With Replies by Dworkin

herausgegeben von Justine Burley
Buchcover Dworkin and His Critics  | EAN 9781405142878 | ISBN 1-4051-4287-1 | ISBN 978-1-4051-4287-8
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"Dworkin and His Critics assembles contributions from asimply stellar cast of moral, political, and legal philosophersworking in the analytic tradition. Taken together, their essaysprobe and illuminate virtually every salient aspect of Dworkin'swritings on issues in the domain of legal and political morality. With Dworkin's replies, this collection is essential reading foranyone wishing to come to grips with the work of one of the leadingthinkers of our time.„
Hillel Steiner, University of Manchester
“This is a terrific collection. Dworkin's work hasbeen hugely influential across a wide range of issues in moral, legal and political philosophy. Here that work is interrogated by aquite outstanding cast of critics, and Dworkin replies. For once,'indispensable' seems about right.„
Adam Swift, Oxford University
“In this collection we see why Ronald Dworkin is the mostimportant theorist of Anglo-American jurisprudence in this era: notonly his clarity and vision but his unique ability to stimulatethoughtful and imaginative commentary. This is the rare collectionworth reading for the whole as well as its parts."
Philip Bobbitt, The University of Texas

Dworkin and His Critics

With Replies by Dworkin

herausgegeben von Justine Burley
Dworkin and His Critics provides an in-depth, analyticaldiscussion of Ronald Dworkin's ethical, legal and politicalphilosophical writings, and it includes substantial replies fromDworkin himself. * * Includes substantial replies by Ronald Dworkin, a comprehensivebibliography of his work, and suggestions for furtherreading. * Contributors include Richard Arneson, G. A. Cohen, FrancesKamm, Will Kymlicka, Philippe van Parijs, Eric Rakowski, Joseph Razand Jeremy Waldron. * Makes an important contribution to many on-going debates overabortion, euthanasia, the rule of law, distributive justice, grouprights, political obligation, and genetics.