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186Rawls: ‘A Theory of Justice' and its CriticsStanford University Press. 1990.1 A New Departure 'No commanding work of political theory has appeared in the 20th century.' So said Isaiah Berlin, writing in 1962 . ...
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18Liberal ArchipelagoOxford University Press UK. 2003.In his major new work Chandran Kukathas offers, for the first time, a book-length treatment of this controversial and influential theory of minority rights. The author argues that the free society should not be seen as a hierarchy of superior and subordinate authorities but an archipelago of competing and overlapping jurisdictions.The idea of a liberal archipelago is defended as one which supplies us with a better metaphor of the free society than do older notions such as the body politic, or th…Read more
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58Contextualism reconsidered: Some skeptical reflections (review)Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 7 (2): 215-225. 2004.A number of theorists have touted the merits of the contextual approach to political theory, arguing that a close examination of real-world cases is more likely to yield both theoretical insight and practical solutions to pressing problems. This is particularly evident, it is argued, in the field of multiculturalism in political theory. The present paper offers some skeptical reflections on this view, arguing the merits of a view of political theory which sees the contextual approach as less dis…Read more
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438Are there any Cultural Rights?Political Theory 20 (1): 105-139. 1992.I shall advance the thesis that if there are any moral rights at all, it follows that there is at least one natural right, the equal right of all men to be free. H.L.A. Hart, “Are There Any Natural Rights?”
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69The cultural contradictions of socialismSocial Philosophy and Policy 20 (1): 18-37. 2003.While no one has yet announced the death of capitalism, reports of its imminent demise have been as numerous as they have been exaggerated. Such reports have usually been bolstered by thoughtful analyses of the fundamental contradictions of capitalism, which was expected to come sliding—if not crashing—down under the weight of its own inconsistencies. Leaving aside Karl Marx's own predictions, twentieth-century analysts as diverse as Joseph Schumpeter, Daniel Bell, and Jurgen Habermas have asser…Read more
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79On David Miller on immigration controlCritical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 20 (6): 712-718. 2017.
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25Ethical Pluralism from a Classical Liberal PerspectiveIn Richard Madsen & Tracy B. Strong (eds.), The Many and the One: Religious and Secular Perspectives on Ethical Pluralism in the Modern World, Princeton University Press. pp. 55-77. 2009.
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81The Liberal Archipelago: A Theory of Diversity and FreedomOxford University Press. 2003.The author argues that the free society should not be seen as a hierarchy of superior and subordinate authorities but an archipelago of competing and overlapping jurisdictions. Kukathas has produced the book that no one with an interest in multiculturalism can afford to ignore.
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477Pluralism and LiberalismIn Gerald F. Gaus & Chandran Kukathas (eds.), Handbook of Political Theory, Sage Publications. 2004.
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106Responsibility for past injustice: How to shift the burdenPolitics, Philosophy and Economics 2 (2): 165-190. 2003.This article considers the question of the responsibility of present generations for injustices committed by previous ones. It asks whether the descendants of victims of past injustice have claims against the descendants of the perpetrators of injustice. Two modes of argument are examined: the individual responsibility approach, according to which descendants cannot have claims against other descendants, and the collective responsibility approach, according to which descendants do have strong cl…Read more
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339Liberalism and MulticulturalismPolitical Theory 26 (5): 686-699. 1998.My business in this stateMade me a looker-on here in Vienna,Where I have seen corruption boil and bubbleTill it o'errun the stew: laws for all faults,But faults so countenanc'd that the strong statutesStand like the forfeits in a barber's shop,As much in mock as in mark.ShakespeareThe greatest liberty of subjects, dependeth on the silence of the law.Hobbes
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133Hayek and modern liberalismOxford University Press. 1989.In the history of modern liberal thought, the work of F.A. Hayek stands out as among the most significant contributions since that of J.S. Mill. In this book, Kukathas critically examines the nature and coherence of Hayek's defense of liberal principles, attempting both to identify its weaknesses and to show why it makes an important contribution to contemporary political theory. Kukathas argues that Hayek's defense of liberalism is unsuccessful because it rests on presuppositions which are phil…Read more
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81Distinguished Lecture in Public Affairs: Is Feminism Bad for Multiculturalism?Public Affairs Quarterly. forthcoming.
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199The Case for Open ImmigrationIn Andrew I. Cohen & Christopher Heath Wellman (eds.), Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics, Blackwell. pp. 207-220. 2005.
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38On Sen on comparative justiceCritical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 16 (2): 196-204. 2013.Against scepticism from thinkers including John Rawls and Thomas Nagel about the appropriateness of justice as the concept through which global ethical concerns should be approached, Amartya Sen argues that the problem lies not with the idea of justice, but with a particular approach to thinking of justice, namely a transcendental approach. In its stead Sen is determined to offer an alternative systematic theory of justice, namely a comparative approach, as a more promising foundation for a theo…Read more
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37John Rawls: critical assessments of leading political philosophers (edited book)Routledge. 2003.This collection brings together the most important published papers on Rawls' work. In addition to a general introduction, the set includes introductions to each volume which help guide the reader through the material. The thematically organized volumes include: * Vol. 1: Foundations and Method * Vols. 2-3: Principles of Justice I and II * Vol. 4: Political Liberalism and the Law of Peoples
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55Expatriatism: The Theory and Practice of Open BordersIn Roger Smith (ed.), Citizenship, Borders and Human Needs, University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 324-342. 2010.
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