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

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

This book explores the morality of compromising. The author argues that peace and public justification are values that provide moral reasons to make compromises

Essays on the political, legal, and philosophical dimensions of political legitimacy Scholars, journalists, and politicians today worry that the world’s democ

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