"This Third Edition of Arguing About Political Philosophy is the most complete, up-to-date, and interdisciplinary anthology of its kind. Its selections cover classic philosophical sources such as those from Thomas Hobbes and John Rawls, important works in political economy from thinkers like Adam Smith, Friedrich Hayek, and Karl Marx, and the writing of cutting edge contemporary theorists like Debra Satz, Jason Brennan, and Ta-Nehisi Coates. The Third Edition has been substantially revised to make it more suitable for a growing number of courses in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE). New topics and new readings help to explore the intersection of these three disciplines at a theoretical level, and how they help us to think about challenging practical problems like regulating sweatshop labor, reconciling immigration policy with social justice, and thinking about the virtues and limits of democracy. In addition to offering sections on foundational concepts, political economy, and contemporary debates in political philosophy, the Third Edition contains a brand new section on political ideologies, with a new introduction and accessible readings setting out the main features of liberalism, socialism, conservatism, and libertarianism. The updated companion website [ www.XXXXX] offers valuable resources for instructors and students alike, including sample quizzes, exams, and writing assignments, extensive study questions for each reading, and an online version of the "What's Your Political Philosophy" self-assessment. Matt Zwolinski is Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Diego, USA, founder and director of USD's Center for Ethics, Economics, and Public Policy, and director of USD's undergraduate program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.He is the co-author, with John Tomasi, of The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism (2023), and with Miranda Perry Fleischer, of Universal Basic Income: What Everyone Needs to Know (2023). Mario I. Juarez-Garcia is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Tulane University, USA. His areas of specialization are political philosophy, moral philosophy, and PPE and he has published scholarly articles in Synthese, Public Affairs Quarterly, Journal of Moral Philosophy, and Social Philosophy & Policy. He is also the author of Moral Institutions: An Introduction to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (Routledge, 2025)"-- Provided by publisher.
This Third Edition of Arguing About Political Philosophy is the most complete, up-to-date, and interdisciplinary anthology of its kind. Its selections cover classic philosophical sources, important works in political economy, and the writing of cutting edge contemporary theorists.
This third edition of Arguing About Political Philosophy is the most complete, up-to-date, and interdisciplinary anthology of its kind. Its selections cover classic philosophical sources such as those from Thomas Hobbes and John Rawls, important works in political economy from thinkers like Adam Smith, Friedrich Hayek, and Karl Marx, and the writing of cutting-edge contemporary theorists like Debra Satz, Jason Brennan, and Ta-Nehisi Coates.
The third edition has been substantially revised to make it more suitable for a growing number of courses in philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE). New topics and new readings help to explore the intersection of these three disciplines at a theoretical level, and how they help us to think about challenging practical problems like regulating sweatshop labor, reconciling immigration policy with social justice, and thinking about the virtues and limits of democracy.
In addition to offering sections on foundational concepts, political economy, and contemporary debates in political philosophy, the third edition contains a brand-new section on political ideologies, with a new introduction and accessible readings setting out the main features of liberalism, socialism, conservatism, and libertarianism.
The updated Instructor and Student Resource website www.routledge.com/cw/zwolinski offers valuable resources for instructors and students alike, including sample quizzes, exams, and writing assignments, extensive study questions for each reading, and an online version of the "Whats Your Political Philosophy" self-assessment.
Key Updates to the Third Edition:
- Includes more interdisciplinary readings from economists and political scientists.
- Contains readings that make the volume a better fit for new programs in philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE).
- Offers a better representation of diverse ideological perspectives.
- Provides new coverage of emerging topics like reparations for past injustice, sweatshop labor, immigration policy, effective altruism, and the value of democracy.
- Updates the important parts on the books website: sample quizzes, exams, and writing assignments, extensive study questions for each reading, and an online version of the "Whats Your Political Philosophy" self-assessment.
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Praise for the Third Edition:
"There is a renewed interest in the grand contentions of political philosophy. The problem is that students often find the traditional approach, "mastering thinkers," to be tedious at best, and daunting to many because of the amount of time required. The PPE approach, of which the editors of Arguing About are masters, allows a focus on problems rather than thinkers. This has two advantages: first, excerpts like those presented here are a way of staging debates among thinkers of different perspectives and from different eras. It's like time travel, without getting up from your desk chair. Second, it provides the students an entry point for understanding why a particular thinker is important, and gives them reasons to learn more on their own. This new edition of Arguing About Political Philosophy is a most valuable contribution to our pedagogical arsenal for the new PPE."
-- Michael Munger, Duke University, USA.
"Matt Zwolinski and Mario Juarez-Garcia have assembled a lively anthology that retains a commitment to high standards while being extremely student-friendly as well. Arguing about Political Philosophy is above all about ideas, and it is refreshing to see so many diverse ideological perspectives brought together in one teaching text. Well-organized and judiciously selected, this collection provides an ideal foundation on which to build your own world-class course in political philosophy."
-- John Tomasi, Brown University, USA.
As social and political change comes ever more quickly, its becoming increasingly vital to understand the core challenges and opportunities of living together. This volume does a masterful job of showing a student of political philosophy the many tradeoffs any society has to make when choosing the rules that govern us. Zwolinski and Juarez-Garcia have embraced the PPE approach, showing to a new generation of students how questions of justice are intimately tied up in questions of the design of markets, competing models of freedom, and disagreements about how we ought to understand political equality. These debates are made real for students not just with readings that represent range of political perspectives, but also by considering case studies where liberal values can readily conflict with each other. This new edition of Arguing About Political Philosophy is a wonderful contemporary introduction to the core challenges in political philosophy.
Ryan Muldoon, University at Buffalo, USA.
General Introduction Part
1. Fundamental Concepts 1a. Political
Authority i. Social Contract Theory
1. Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (chapters 11,
13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21)
2. John Locke, The Second Treatise of Civil
Government (chapters 2, 3, 8, 9, 19)
3. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social
Contract (Book I) ii. Against the Social Contract
4. David Hume, Of the
Original Contract
5. Michael Huemer, The Problem of Political Authority
6.
Charles Mills, The Racial Contract
7. Virginia Held, Non-Contractual
Society: A Feminist View 1b. Justice
8. David Hume, Justice as Convention
9. John Stuart Mill, Justice and Utility (Utiltarianism, chapters 2 and 5)
10. John Rawls, A Theory of Justice 1c. Freedom
11. John Stuart Mill, On
Liberty
12. Isaiah Berlin, Two Concepts of Liberty
13. Philip Pettit,
Republican Political Theory 1d. Equality
14. Amartya Sen, Equality of
What?
15. Richard Arneson, Equality and Equal Opportunity for Welfare
16.
Harry Frankfurt, Equality as a Moral Ideal
17. Elizabeth Anderson, What is
the point of equality? Part 2: Political Economy 2a. Property Rights
18.
John Locke, Property
19. Herbert Spencer, The Right to the Use of the
Earth
20. Garrett Hardin, The Tragedy of the Commons
21. David Schmidtz,
The Institution of Property 2b. Market Efficiency and Market Failure
22.
Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
23. Friedrich Hayek, The Use of
Knowledge in Society
24. Debra Satz, The Background Conditions of Market
efficiency and Market Failure
25. Charles Wolf, Jr., Market Failure
26.
Elinor Ostrom, Beyond Markets and States: Polycentric Governance of Complex
Economic Systems 2c. Public Choice Theory
27. Machiavelli, The Prince
28.
James Buchanan, Public Choice: Politics Without Romance
29. George Stigler,
The Theory of Economic Regulation Part 3: Political Ideologies 3a.
Liberalism
30. F.A. Hayek, Why I am not a Conservative
31. John Rawls,
Justice as Fairness: Political Not Metaphysical
32. Gerald Gaus, The Moral
Foundations of Liberal Neutrality 3b. Socialism
33. Karl Marx and Friedrich
Engels, The Communist Manifesto
34. Karl Marx, Critique of the Gotha
Program
35. G.A. Cohen, Why Not Socialism? 3c. Conservatism
36. Jerry
Muller, What is Conservative Social and Political Thought?
37. Yoram
Hazony, The Conservative Paradigm 3d. Libertarianism
38. Matt Zwolinski and
John Tomasi, What Is Libertarianism?
39. Robert Nozick, The Entitlement
Theory of Justice
40. Peter Vallentyne, Left-Libertarianism: A Primer Part
4: Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy 4a. Are Sweatshops Immoral?
41. Benjamin Powell and Matt Zwolinski, The Ethical and Economic Case
Against Sweatshop Labor: A Critical Assessment
42. Matthew Coakley and
Michael Kates, The Ethical and Economic Case for Sweatshop Regulation 4b.
Do We Owe Reparations for Past Injustices?
43. Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Case
for Reparations
44. Jeremy Waldron, Superseding Historic Injustice 4c.
What Do We Owe the Global Poor?
45. Peter Singer, The Life You Can Save
46.
David Schmidtz, After Solipsism 4d. Are Immigration Restrictions Unjust?
47. Joseph Carens, Aliens and Citizens
48. Stephen Macedo, The Moral
Dilemma of US Immigration Policy 4e. Is Democracy Overrated?
49. Jason
Brennan, Against Democracy
50. Henry Farrell, Hugo Mercier, and Melissa
Schwartzberg, The New Libertarian Elitists
Matt Zwolinski is Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Diego, USA, founder and director of USDs Center for Ethics, Economics, and Public Policy, and director of USDs undergraduate program in philosophy, politics, and economics. He is the co-author, with John Tomasi, of The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism (2023), and with Miranda Perry Fleischer, of Universal Basic Income: What Everyone Needs to Know (2023).
Mario I. Juarez-Garcia is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Tulane University, USA. His areas of specialization are political philosophy, moral philosophy, and PPE and he has published scholarly articles in Synthese, Public Affairs Quarterly, Journal of Moral Philosophy, and Social Philosophy and Policy. He is also the author of Moral Institutions: An Introduction to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (Routledge, 2025).
