Social and Political Philosophy

'John Christman has a wonderful grasp of the large layout of the field and of the detailed positions within it. He writes with tremendous clarity. It was a joy to read. I can't recommend the book more highly.' - Michael Morgan, Indiana University, USA'Reading John Christman's Social and Political Philosophy, I marvel at how well he has been able to capture particularly the internal critique among liberals concerning the substance of their view. Christman is also an important contributor to this discussion himself and, therefore, he writes not only as someone who simply observes this discussion from afar. This is a clear advantage to the work... I would like to use it in one of my Social and Political Philosophy courses.' - James Sterba, Notre Dame University, USA

• Notes on contributors, Preface, PART I Introduction, PART II Foundations of social and political philosophy, PART III Alternative social and political perspectives, PART IV Challenges to social and political philosophy, PART V The application of social and political philosophy to nonideal conditions, Index