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  • Just and Unjust Wars

    A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations

    by Michael Walzer ...
    From a premier political philosopher, a penetrating investigation into the moral and ethical questions raised by war.**“A magnificent book, an honor to its writer...a book that makes for a return of civilized discussion of the question of the morality of war.”―**New York Review of BooksJust and Unjust Wars has forever changed how we think about the ethics of conflict. In this modern classic, ... Read more

    Was $17.99 CAD Now $2.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Thick and Thin

    Moral Argument at Home and Abroad

    by Michael Walzer ...
    Thick and Thin: Moral Argument at Home and Abroad frames ideas about justice, social criticism, and national identity in light of the new political world that has arisen in the past three decades.Michael Walzer focuses on two different but interrelated kinds of moral argument: maximalist and minimalist, local and universal—thick and thin. He revises and extends the arguments in his influential ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ethics Beyond War's End

    by Eric Patterson, James Turner Johnson, Michael Walzer, George R. Lucas Jr., Robert Royal, Robert E. Williams Jr., Pauletta Otis, Jean Bethke Elshtain, David A. Crocker, Brian Orend0, Mark Evans1 ...
    The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have focused new attention on a perennial problem: how to end wars well. What ethical considerations should guide war’s settlement and its aftermath? In cases of protracted conflicts, recurring war, failed or failing states, or genocide and war crimes, is there a framework for establishing an enduring peace that is pragmatic and moral?Ethics Beyond War’s End ... Read more

    $65.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Foreign Policy for the Left

    by Michael Walzer ...
    Something that has been needed for decades: a leftist foreign policy with a clear moral basisForeign policy, for leftists, used to be relatively simple. They were for the breakdown of capitalism and its replacement with a centrally planned economy. They were for the workers against the moneyed interests and for colonized peoples against imperial (Western) powers. But these easy substitutes for ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Spheres Of Justice

    A Defense Of Pluralism And Equality

    by Michael Walzer ...
    A classic of twentieth-century political thought on the nature of justice.**“This is a humane and hopeful vision, and Mr. Walzer conveys it with a wry and gentle grace.” ―**New York Times Book ReviewIn this landmark work, Michael Walzer makes the provocative claim that the real enemy of a just society is not inequality itself but domination—the quiet way that wealth turns into power and power into ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • The Struggle for a Decent Politics

    On "Liberal" as an Adjective

    by Michael Walzer ...
    A testament to what it means to be liberal by one of the most prominent political philosophers of our eraThere was a time when liberalism was an ism like any other, but that time, writes Michael Walzer, is gone. “Liberal” now conveys not a specific ideology but a moral stance, so the word is best conceived not as a noun but as an adjective—one is a “liberal democrat” or a “liberal nationalist.” ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • On Toleration

    by Michael Walzer ...
    Series series Castle Lectures Series
    What kinds of political arrangements enable people from different national, racial, religious, or ethnic groups to live together in peace? In this book one of the most influential political theorists of our time discusses the politics of toleration. Michael Walzer examines five "regimes of toleration"-from multinational empires to immigrant societies-and describes the strengths and weaknesses of ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Arguing About War

    by Michael Walzer ...
    Michael Walzer is one of the world’s most eminent philosophers on the subject of war and ethics. Now, for the first time since his classic Just and Unjust Wars was published almost three decades ago, this volume brings together his most provocative arguments about contemporary military conflicts and the ethical issues they raise.The essays in the book are divided into three sections. The first ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Political Action

    A Practical Guide to Movement Politics

    by Michael Walzer, Michael Walzer ...
    Political theorist Michael Walzer's classic guide is a perfect introduction to social activism, including what-to-do advice for deciding which issues to take on, organizing, fundraising, and providing effective leadershipPolitical Action is a how-to book for activists that was written at one of the darkest moments of the Nixon administration and remains no less timely and intelligent and useful ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Teaching Plato in Palestine

    Philosophy in a Divided World

    by Carlos Fraenkel, Carlos Fraenkel ...
    A global journey showing how philosophy can transform our biggest disagreementsTeaching Plato in Palestine is part intellectual travelogue, part plea for integrating philosophy into our personal and public life. Philosophical toolkit in tow, Carlos Fraenkel invites readers on a tour around the world as he meets students at Palestinian and Indonesian universities, lapsed Hasidic Jews in New York, ... Read more

    $29.69 CAD

  • The Jewish Political Tradition

    Volume I: Authority

    Edited by Michael Walzer, Mr. Menachem Lorberbaum, Mr. Noam J. Zohar, Yair Loberbaum ...
    This book launches a landmark four-volume collaborative work exploring the political thought of the Jewish people from biblical times to the present. Each volume includes a selection of texts-from the Bible and Talmud, midrashic literature, legal responsa, treatises, and pamphlets-annotated for modern readers and accompanied by new commentaries written by eminent philosophers, lawyers, political ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Formulating a Minimalist Morality for a New Planetary Order

    Alternative Cultural Perspectives

    by Roger T. Ames, Roger T. Ames, Michael Walzer, Owen Flanagan, Dr. Feng Zhang, Baogang He, Amita Chatterjee, May Sim0, J. Baird Callicott1, Oliver Leaman2, Sun Xiangchen3, Xiaoyu Lu4, Hans-Georg Moeller5, Brook Ziporyn6, Jin Y. Park7, Vrinda Dalmiya8, Workineh Kelbessa9, David B. Wong0, Wang Hui1, Albert Welter2, James Hankins3 ...
    Series series Confucian Cultures
    The Westphalian model of international relations has given us a zero-sum game of winners and losers that has proven to be ineffective in addressing the pressing issues of our times. Philosopher Zhao Tingyang has argued that by conceptualizing international relations from the planetary perspective of tianxia, we can develop a sense of “worldness” that at once acknowledges the plurality of moral ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD