This book contains essays by A. John Simmons, perhaps the most innovative and creative of today's political philosophers.

This volume explores voters’ political rationalizations. The author analyzes semi-structured interview data from 120 American voters collected from 2013-2015

Outlining the major competing theories in the history of political and moral philosophy--from Locke and Hume through Hart, Rawls, and Nozick--John Simmons attem

Contemporary philosophical pluralism recognizes the inevitability and legitimacy of multiple ethical perspectives and values, making it difficult to isolate the

A vital and underappreciated dimension of social interaction is the way individuals justify their actions to others, instinctively drawing on their experience t