Ontology Revisited: Metaphysics in Social and Political Philosophy

by Ruth Groff

Book Overview

Groff's argument runs counter to the familiar anti-metaphysical habit. Social and political philosophy, she maintains, is not as metaphysically neutral as it may seem. Even the most deontological of theories connects up with an attendant set of philosophical commitments regarding what kinds of things exist, as a fundamental ontological matter, and what they are like. These are topics of interest not just to social and political philosophers, but...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415574110
• ISBN13: 9780415574112
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"