The Social Power of Ideas

". . . I found this collection to sustain an unusually high level of scholarship and conceptual analysis, creative application and (most importantly) fascinating reading across a remarkable range of styles and topics. Philosophers are not alone among academics in their reputation for tortured prose and pointless, long-winded jargonizing, but with few exceptions this crowd is a happy departure from that hoary tradition. I find myself feeling real regret at having come to the end of the manuscript." -- Matt Silliman

Essays include: Making Waves: On the Social Power of Ideas (Frederick Ferré); Population Growth and Hope for Humanity (Robin Atfield); From Individual to Collective Pacifism (Shyli Karen-Frank); Seriality Versus Education: A Sartrean Perspective (Rivca Gordon and Haim Gordon); Country/People/Nation/State (Stephen Toulmin); International Justice, Reciprocity, and Compromise (Richard T. De George); "Never Again": The Protection of International Human Rights (Sander Lee); Rethinking Democracy in the Light of the East European Experience (William L. McBride); Philosophy, Anthropology, and Universal Human Rights (David A. Duquette); Is There a Human Right Which Should Never Be Violated? (William Gerber); Universal Altruism and the Sacrifice of the Innocent (Matti Häyry and Martti Kuokkanen); Communitarianism: Conservative of Liberal? (Marjaana Kopperi); Needs, Capabilities, and Distributive Justice (Sirkku Hellsten); Justice, Equality, and National Health Care (Donald S. Klinefelter); Gender Justice and Genetics (Mary B. Mahowald); Discourse Ethics and Paternalism (Andrew Edgar); Ethics and Social Structure (Joseph Grcic); Are Natural Talents Common Assets? (Olli Loukola); Temptation, Provocation, Law, Religion, and Liberty (J.P. Day); Mill on Character, Virtue, and Utility (Louis G. Lombardi); Locke and the Indians (Naomi Zack); Law and Liberty in J. S. Mill and Bernard Bosanquet (William Sweet).