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Personal Responsibility: Why It Matters
Contributor(s): Brown, Alexander (Author), Garvey, James (Editor), Stangroom, Jeremy (Editor)
ISBN: 1847063985     ISBN-13: 9781847063984
Publisher: Continuum
OUR PRICE:   $133.65  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: November 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- Philosophy | Political
Dewey: 170
LCCN: 2009006847
Series: Think Now (Continuum Hardcover)
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.75 lbs) 224 pages
 
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Personal responsibility is now very much on the political agenda. But what is personal responsibility? Why do we care about it? And what, if anything, should governments do to promote it?
This book explores the idea that individuals bear a special responsibility for the success or failure of their own lives looking at philosophical theories, political ideologies, and public opinion on the subject. Alexander Brown lends support to a recent move in political philosophy to deal with real world problems and shows how philosophy can contribute to public democratic debate on pressing issues of personal responsibility. Articulate, provocative, and stimulating, this timely book will make a significant contribution to one of the most important debates of our time.

Contributor Bio(s): Brown, Alexander: - Alexander Brown is a Teaching Fellow in Political Theory at the School of Public Policy, University College London, UK. He is the author of Ronald Dworkin's Theory of Equality (Forthcoming, Palgrave Macmillan).