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Political Argument (Routledge Revivals)

Brian Barry author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:17th Oct '11

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Since its publication in 1965, Brian Barry's seminal work has occupied an important role in the revival of Anglo-American political philosophy. A number of ideas and terms in it have become part of the standard vocabulary, such as the distinction between "ideal-regarding" and "want-regarding" principles and the division of principles into aggregative and distributive. The book provided the first precise analysis of the concept of political values having trade-off relations and its analysis of the notion of the public interest has also been significant.

'Barry operates at many different levels of generality and abstraction. He writes clearly about theoretical matters and vividly in their concrete illustration.'- Anthony Kenny, New Statesman

ISBN: 9780415610827

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 710g

364 pages