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

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

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

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