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210Communitarianism and Individualism (edited book)Oxford University Press. 1992.The essays collected in this volume reflect the many facets of the debate between communitarianism and individualism and examine its implications for the political arena. They cover a wide spectrum of thought and opinion and include work by Ronald Dworkin, Marilyn Friedman, David Gauthier, Amy Gutmann, Will Kymlicka, Alasdair MacIntyre, David Miller, Robert Nozick, John Rawls, Michael Sandel, Charles Taylor, and Michael Walzer.
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96DisadvantageOxford University Press. 2007.What does it mean to be disadvantaged? Is it possible to compare different disadvantages? What should governments do to move their societies in the direction of equality, where equality is to be understood both in distributional and social terms? Linking rigorous analytical philosophical theory with broad empirical studies, including interviews conducted for the purpose of this book, Wolff and de-Shalit show how taking theory and practice together is essential if the theory is to be rich enough …Read more
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89Book Review: Kristin Shrader-Frechette. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: CREATING EQUALITY, RECLAIMING DEMOCRACY. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2002 (review)Ethics and the Environment 9 (1): 140-144. 2004.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Reviewed by:Environmental Justice: Creating Equality, Reclaiming DemocracyAvner De-Shalit (bio)Environmental Justice: Creating Equality, Reclaiming Democracy, by Kristin Shrader-Frechette. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. 2002. Pp. 269 including index. ISBN: 0-19-515203-4.At the very last page of her book Kristin Shrader-Frechette writes: "We fail to recognize that unless we are the agents of democracy and social reform,…Read more
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84Fairness and futurity: Essays on environmental sustainability and social justiceEnvironmental Ethics 22 (4): 435-438. 2000.
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77Workfare: the Subjection of LabourJournal of Applied Philosophy 21 (3): 309-320. 2004.When viewed as a question of distributive justice the evaluation of workfare typically reflects exclusively on the distribution of income: do the physically capable have a justified claim for state support, or is it fair to demand from those who do work to subsidise this support? Rarely is workfare appraised in terms of how it affects other parties such as employers or other workers, and on the structural effects the pattern of incentives it generates brings about, or as an issue of distributive…Read more
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72Thirty Years of Environmental Theory: From Value Theory and Meta‐Ethics to Political TheoryCritical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 9 (1): 85-105. 2006.Thirty years ago the American philosopher Holmes Rolston published a seminal article in Ethics announcing the birth of a new sub‐discipline in philosophy: environmental ethics. However, while environmental ethicists focused on meta‐ethical questions, the public needed answers to many political questions and dilemmas. This gave rise to some fascinating works in environmental political theory. This essay analyses their achievement – what has been solved and what still remains to be studied – focus…Read more
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70Why Posterity Matters: Environmental Policies and Future GenerationsRoutledge. 1994.The first comprehensive philosophical examination of our duties to future generations, Dr de-Shalit argues that they are a matter of justice, not charity or supererogation
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68Philosophy Gone Urban: Reflections on Urban RestorationJournal of Social Philosophy 34 (1): 6-27. 2003.
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63Community and the Rights of Future Generations: a reply to Robert ElliotJournal of Applied Philosophy 9 (1): 105-115. 1992.It is widely recognised that we hold certain moral obligations to future generations. Robert Elliot argues that we can base these obligations on the rights of future people. I accept his argument that future people are moral agents who possess rights. However, I argue that the main question for political and moral philosophers is whether it is possible to find the balance between the obligations to, and the rights of, contemporaries, and the obligations to, and the rights of, future people. By a…Read more
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58Book review: Kristin Shrader-frechette. Environmental justice: Creating equality, reclaiming democracy. Oxford and new York: Oxford university press, 2002 (review)Ethics and the Environment 9 (1): 140-144. 2004.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Reviewed by:Environmental Justice: Creating Equality, Reclaiming DemocracyAvner De-Shalit (bio)Environmental Justice: Creating Equality, Reclaiming Democracy, by Kristin Shrader-Frechette. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. 2002. Pp. 269 including index. ISBN: 0-19-515203-4.At the very last page of her book Kristin Shrader-Frechette writes: "We fail to recognize that unless we are the agents of democracy and social reform,…Read more
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56Ruralism or Environmentalism?Environmental Values 5 (1). 1996.Recent works on the historical sources of the environmental movement neglect environmental philosophy. They therefore fail to distinguish between two different currents of thought: ruralism – the romantic glorification of rural life; and environmentalism – a philosophy which is based on scientific information, anti-speciesism and respect for all organisms. These works, therefore, mistakenly identify 'political ecology' with right-wing ideologies
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56On behalf of “the participation of the people”: A radical theory of democracy (review)Res Publica 3 (1): 61-80. 1997.
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46The Environment: Between Theory and PracticePolitical Theory 31 (6): 871-882. 2003.When constructing environmental policies in democratic regimes, there is a need for a theory that can be used not only by academics but also by politicians and activists. So why has the major part of environmental ethics failed to penetrate environmental policy and serve as its rationale? Obviously, there is a gap between the questions that environmental philosophers discuss and the issues that motivate environmental activists. Avner de‐Shalit attempts to bridge this gap by combining tools of po…Read more
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42Levelling the Playing Field: the Idea of Equal Opportunity and its Place in Egalitarian Thought - Andrew MasonPhilosophical Quarterly 59 (237): 756-760. 2009.
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35Cities and Immigration: A ReplyJournal of Applied Philosophy 40 (3): 430-440. 2023.In my book, Cities and Immigration, I suggest shifting responsibilities for the integration of immigrants from the state to the city level. The articles in this issue challenge some of my suggestions. I discuss these challenges with regard to three questions: should a city enjoy greater autonomy to decide who, and how many, immigrants should settle within its borders? Should immigrants enjoy local voting rights even before naturalization? And is there a morally preferable model for integrating i…Read more
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30Eric Katz, Anne Frank's Tree: Nature's Confrontation with Technology, Domination, and the HolocaustEnvironmental Values 25 (4): 488-490. 2016.
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23Introduction: cities and identitiesCritical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 25 (5): 637-646. 2022.
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21Political Philosophy and What People ThinkAustralasian Philosophical Review 4 (1): 4-22. 2020.ABSTRACT In a democracy what people think matters. Political philosophers are mostly democrats. They often justify deliberative and participatory democracy. And yet when it comes to philosophizing they often turn a blind eye to what people think; they sometimes even express profound doubts about what people think and about consulting the public. I call this the political philosophy gap. It has been justified in several ways. In this paper I first consider and dismiss the most common justificatio…Read more
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21Environmentalism for europe — one model?Journal of Applied Philosophy 14 (2). 1997.Two models of environmentalism are considered. One — hard line environmentalism — is a theory which unites environmental ethics and political theory; the other — soft environmentalism — is a package of the two as two distinctive levels of moral reasoning. It is argued that hard‐line environmentalism is a‐democratic, rests on wrong methodological assumptions, and is friendly to the environment just so long as being so serves a sought‐after ‘psychological revolution’. Soft environmentalism is to b…Read more
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19The Apparent Asymmetry of ResponsibilityIn Carl Knight & Zofia Stemplowska (eds.), Responsibility and Distributive Justice, Oxford University Press Uk. 2011.
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18Public Reflective Equilibrium: A ReplyAustralasian Philosophical Review 4 (1): 87-103. 2020.I would like to begin by expressing my sincere and profound thanks to all those who suggested criticism and comments to my paper. As I write this reply, like many around the world, I am at home, in...
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18Why Posterity Matters: Environmental Policies and Future GenerationsPhilosophical Quarterly 47 (186): 130-132. 1994.
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18From the political to the objective: The dialectics of Zionism and the environmentEnvironmental Politics 4 (1): 70-87. 1995.Is the argument that we can only conceive of the ‘environment’ in political terms far‐fetched? Is an objective understanding of the concept of the ‘environment’ possible? By an analysis of three phases in the relationship between Zionism and the environment, it can be argued, first, that not only the developmental but also the romantic attitudes to the environment regard the latter instrumentally and both constitute political definitions of the environment; and second, that a direct transition f…Read more
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17Urban Preservation and the Judgment of SolomonJournal of Applied Philosophy 11 (1): 3-13. 1994.ABSTRACT Facing heretofore unknown waves of new immigrants, the Israeli Government and the mayor of Jerusalem issued a comprehensive development programme, including rapid and massive construction. Cities with historical and aesthetic uniqueness, particularly Jerusalem, are likely to lose their special features and beauty. A question is raised: how can an argument in favour of conservation of the special beauties of such cities be advanced in light of the urgent need to supply shelter and jobs f…Read more
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14Do the Current Poor Owe Anything to Future Persons? The Transgenerational Community Principle and PrioritarianismThe Monist 106 (2): 105-118. 2023.The transgenerational community is based on moral similarity between contemporary and future people, referring to an ongoing moral deliberation across generations. It justifies obligations of justice towards the not yet born. Prioritarianism gives extra weight to the wellbeing of the least advantaged. I argue that both sentiments are egalitarian, and ask whether there is any tension between them. If we assume economic growth, and/or technological improvements and/or inflation, then prioritariani…Read more
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13Where Philosophy Meets Politics the Concept of the EnvironmentOxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics & Society. 1997.
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