Product Description: It is both an ideal and an assumption of traditional conceptions of justice for liberal democracies that citizens are autonomous, self-governing persons. Yet standard accounts of the self and of self-government at work in such theories are hotly disputed and often roundly criticized in most of their guises...read more

This collection of 24 essays, written by eminent philosophers and political theorists, brings together fresh debates on some of the most fundamental questions in contemporary political philosophy, including human rights, equality, constitutionalism, the value of democracy, identity and political neutrality.Presents fresh debates on six of the fundamental questions in contemporary political philosophyEach question is treated by a pair of opposing essays written by eminent scholarsLively debate format sharply defines the issues, invites the reader to participate in the exchange of arguments and paves the way for further discussionWill serve as an accessible introduction to the major topics in political philosophy, whilst also capturing the imagination of professional philosophersOffers the unique opportunity to observe leading philosophers engaging in head-to-head debate

Product Description: In recent years the concepts of individual autonomy and political liberalism have been the subjects of intense debate, but these discussions have occurred largely within separate academic disciplines. Autonomy and the Challenges to Liberalism contains essays devoted to foundational questions regarding both the notion of the autonomous self and the nature and justification of liberalism...read more

Product Description: The concept of individual autonomy is one of the most frequently utilized, and perhaps least understood, of the terms of current moral, political, and legal debate. This volume, the first devoted entirely to the subject, brings together the work of some of the most prominent thinkers in philosophy who have turned their attention the topic, including essays by Gerald Dworkin, Joel Feinberg, David A...read more