Freedom, Power and Political Morality: Essays for Felix Oppenheim

by I. Carter, M. Ricciardi

Overview

This collection of new essays on political and legal theory concentrates on themes dealt with in the work of Felix Oppenheim, including fundamental political and legal concepts and their implications for the scope of morality in politics and international relations. Among the issues addressed are the relationship between empirical and normative definitions of 'freedom', 'power' and 'interests', whether governments are free to act against the national interest, and whether they can ever be morally obliged to do so.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349414512
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2001
Edition description:	1st ed. 2001
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

TERENCE BALL Professor of Political Science, Arizona State University HUGO ADAM BEDAU Austin Fletcher Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Tufts University NORBERTO BOBBIO Emeritus Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Turin, Italy LUIGI BONANATE Professor of International Relations, University of Turin, Italy AMEDEO G. CONTE Professor of Philosophy of Law, University of Pavia, Italy PAOLO DI LUCIA Professor of Philosophy of Law, University of Camerino, Italy JEAN BETHKE ELSHTAIN Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics, University of Chicago GEORGE KATEB Lecturer in Political Theory, Princeton University THOMAS POGGE Lecturer in Philosophy, Columbia University HILLEL STEINER Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Manchester MARK R. WEAVER Professor of Political Science, College of Wooster

Table of Contents

Notes on the Contributors Introduction: I.Carter & M.Ricciardi PART I: NORMATIVE ANALYSIS AND POLITICAL CONCEPTS Felix Oppenheim's Deontics; P.D.Lucia From Hobbes to Oppenheim: Conceptual Reconstruction as Political Engagement; T.Ball Essential Contestability and the Claims of Analysis; M.Ricciardi Freedom and Bivalence; H.Steiner Dimensions of Nomic Freedom; A.G.Conte 'Ought' implies 'Practical Possibility'; I.Carter Clarifying the Science Wars: The Concept of Scientific Authority; M.R.Weaver PART II: POLITICAL MORALITY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS On Public Moral Appeal and Identification; J.B.Elshtain 'Anarchical Fallacies': Bentham's Attack on Human Rights; H.A.Bedau Preempting Humanitarian Interventions; T.Pogge Oppenheim's Realism and the Morality of the National Interest;; L.Bonanate Oppenheim and the National Interest; G.Kateb PART III: CODA Oppenheim in Italy: a Memoir; N.Bobbio Afterthoughts; F.E.Oppenheim Bibliography of the Publications of Felix E.Oppenheim Index

Editorial Reviews

Carter (political philosophy, U. of Pavia, Italy) and Ricciardi (jurisprudence, U. of Milan) present a collection of 14 essays on political and legal theory concentrating on themes dealt with in the work of Felix Oppenheim. The contributors are specialists in political science, philosophy, international relations and jurisprudence, from Italy, the U.S. and the U.K. The main areas of focus are the nature of fundamental concepts (e.g. freedom, power and interests) and the place of morality in power politics and international relations. The book concludes with a final essay by Oppenheimer, responding to some of his critics. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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