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43Christine Overall , Why Have Children? The Ethical Debate . Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 33 (1): 9-15. 2013.
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95Pluralism in practice: the political thought of Charles TaylorCritical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 5 (3): 98-123. 2002.This review article outlines some of the major contributions made to political theory by Charles Taylor. It focuses on his relationship to liberalism, his contribution to the understanding of democracy and his analysis of the politics of recognition. Several lines of critique of Taylor's thought on these issues are also explored. Some reflections on Taylor's style of theorising about politics are offered, and the question of whether he is a conservative or critical theorist is examined
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60The Impossibility of Perfection: Aristotle, Feminism, and the Complexities of Ethics, by Michael Slote (review)Mind 121 (482): 529-532. 2012.
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241Rawlsian resources for animal ethicsEthics and the Environment 12 (1): 1-22. 2007.: This article considers what contribution the work of John Rawls can make to questions about animal ethics. It argues that there are more normative resources in A Theory of Justice for a concern with animal welfare than some of Rawls's critics acknowledge. However, the move from A Theory of Justice to Political Liberalism sees a depletion of normative resources in Rawlsian thought for addressing animal ethics. The article concludes by endorsing the implication of A Theory of Justice that we loo…Read more
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47Nietzsche and the Invention of InventionJournal of Nietzsche Studies 15 (Spring): 1-14. 1998.Friedrich Nietzsche is typically seen as a radical critic of the western philosophical tradition. This article considers why this image is so widely accepted. It argues that part of the reason for its acceptance is that Nietzsche paints a picture of himself as the independent, radical innovator in his later writings. If we look at the works of the middle period, we find that by contrast, he repeatedly situates himself within wider traditions and discusses what he has learned from them.
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58Elizabeth Brake , Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality and the Law . Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 33 (1): 9-15. 2013.
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74Back to the Future: Marriage as Friendship in the Thought of Mary WollstonecraftHypatia 14 (3): 78-95. 1999.If liberal theory is to move forward, it must take the political nature of family relations seriously. The beginnings of such a liberalism appear in Mary Wollstonecraft's work. Wollstonecraft's depiction of the family as a fundamentally political institution extends liberal values into the private sphere by promoting the ideal of marriage as friendship. However, while her model of marriage diminishes arbitrary power in family relations, she seems unable to incorporate enduring sexual relations b…Read more
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24Willing and Nothingness: Schopenhauer as Nietzsche’s Educator (review)New Nietzsche Studies 5 (3/4/1/2): 220-224. 2003.
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57The Articulated Life: An Interview with Charles TaylorPhilosophy of Management 1 (3): 3-9. 2001.Charles Taylor is one of the most prolific and wide-ranging philosophers in the English-speaking world today. He writes with authority in the fields of moral theory, political philosophy, theories of language, the history of western thought, epistemology and hermeneutics.1 Currently an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at McGill University, he has enjoyed a distinguished academic career which includes being Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at Oxford University. He has also been a…Read more
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47Plus Ça Change: Charles Taylor On Accommodating Quebec’s mInority CulturesThesis Eleven 99 (1): 71-92. 2009.This article examines the 2008 report of the Quebec Government’s Consultation Commission on Accommodation Practices Related to Cultural Differences which was co-authored by Charles Taylor. Summarizing its main themes, it identifies points of intersection with Taylor’s political thought. Issues of citizen equality, including gender equality, secularism, integration and interculturalism, receive special attention
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71Charles Taylor (edited book)Routledge. 2000.Charles Taylor is one of the most influential and prolific philosophers in the English-speaking world today. The breadth of his writings is unique, ranging from reflections on artificial intelligence to analyses of contemporary multicultural societies. This thought-provoking introduction to Taylor's work outlines his ideas in a coherent and accessible way without reducing their richness and depth. His contribution to many of the enduring debates within Western philosophy is examined and the argu…Read more
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54Turning or Spinning? Charles Taylor's Catholicism: A Reply to Ian FraserContemporary Political Theory 5 (2): 163-175. 2006.Charles Taylor's work has recently taken a religious turn, with Taylor becoming more explicit about his own religious faith and its influence on his thinking. Ian Fraser offers a systematic, critical exploration of the nature of Taylor's Catholicism as it appears in his writings. This reply to Fraser endorses his belief in the importance of looking carefully at Taylor's religious views. However, it raises doubts about some of Fraser's particular arguments and conclusions, and aims to foster a cl…Read more
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86Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka , Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights . Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 33 (6): 446-448. 2013.
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51No country for older people? Age and the digital divideJournal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society 7 (4): 225-242. 2009.PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to the literature on age and the digital divide by examining the uses of and attitudes toward information and communication technologies by 26 politically senior citizens.Design/methodology/approachThe approach taken involved in‐depth face‐to‐face interviews.FindingsThe majority of the respondents are informed and balanced cyber‐enthusiasts who have embraced the opportunities afforded by ICTs to enhance their lives in general, including their pol…Read more
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28Entry for Charles TaylorIn John R. Shook & Richard T. Hull (eds.), The dictionary of modern American philosophers, Thoemmes Continuum. pp. 1. 2005.
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1Comparativists and cosmopolitans on cross cultural conversationsRevista de Filosofía (México) 40 (121): 45-64. 2008.First published in 1990, Charles Taylor’s essay ‘Comparison, History Truth’ is an extended reflection on some of the problems involved in interpreting other cultures and eras. This essay’s explicit focus is the work of historians and anthropologists. Taylor mentions students of religion in the same breath, but I infer that by this he means students of comparative religions or the history of religions. I suggest that for all its emphasis on conversation, Taylor’s depiction of the comparativist…Read more
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Another philosopher-citizen : the political philosophy of Charles TaylorIn Catherine H. Zuckert (ed.), Political Philosophy in the Twentieth Century: Authors and Arguments, Cambridge University Press. 2011.This chapter briefly reviews the link between Charles Taylor's life and work. It then discusses his position on the role of science in understanding human behavior. It concludes by considering the relationship between theory and practice in Taylor's thought.
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15The Articulated Life: An Interview with Charles TaylorPhilosophy of Management 1 (3): 3-9. 2001.Charles Taylor is one of the most prolific and wide-ranging philosophers in the English-speaking world today. He writes with authority in the fields of moral theory, political philosophy, theories of language, the history of western thought, epistemology and hermeneutics.1 Currently an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at McGill University, he has enjoyed a distinguished academic career which includes being Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at Oxford University. He has also been a…Read more
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36Review of Ian Fraser, Dialectics of the Self: Transcending Charles Taylor (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2007 (7). 2007.
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24Monika M. Langer , Nietzsche's Gay Science: Dancing Coherence . Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 31 (1): 46-48. 2011.
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72Back toward a Comprehensive Liberalism?Political Theory 35 (1): 5-28. 2007.This article examines the attempts by John Rawls in the works published after Political Liberalism to engage with some of the feminist responses to his work. Rawls goes a long way toward addressing some of the major feministliberal concerns. Yet this has the unintended consequence of pushing justice as fairness in the direction of a more comprehensive, rather than a strictly political, form of liberalism. This does not seem to be a problem peculiar to Rawls: rather, any form of liberalism hospit…Read more
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20The Return of Feminist LiberalismRoutledge. 2011.While it is uncontroversial to point to the liberal roots of feminism, a major issue in English-language feminist political thought over the last few decades has been whether feminism's association with liberalism should be relegated to the past. Can liberalism continue to serve feminist purposes? This book examines the positions of three contemporary feminists - Martha Nussbaum, Susan Moller Okin and Jean Hampton - who, notwithstanding decades of feminist critique, are unwilling to give up on l…Read more
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66Susan Okin's Justice, Gender, and the Family: Twenty‐Five Years LaterHypatia 31 (3): 636-637. 2016.
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93Nietzsche's middle periodOxford University Press. 2000.Ruth Abbey presents a close study of Nietzsche's works, Human, All Too Human, Daybreak, and The Gay Science. Although these middle period works tend to be neglected in commentaries on Nietzsche, they repay careful attention. Abbey's commentary brings to light important differences across Nietzsche's oeuvre that have gone unnoticed, filling a serious gap in the literature.
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22Feminist Interpretations of John Rawls (edited book)Pennsylvania State University Press. 2013.In _Feminist Interpretations of John Rawls_, Ruth Abbey collects eight essays responding to the work of John Rawls from a feminist perspective. An impressive introduction by the editor provides a chronological overview of English-language feminist engagements with Rawls from his Theory of Justice onwards. She surveys the range of issues canvassed by feminist readers of Rawls, as well as critics’ wide disagreement about the value of Rawls’s corpus for feminist purposes. The eight essays that foll…Read more
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Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America
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