Theory and practice edited by Ian Shapiro and Judith Wagner DeCew. - New York New York University Press 1995. - xvi, 487 p. 22 cm. - Nomos 37 .

"Papers and commentaries read at the Annual Meeting of the the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy, held in conjunction with the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association in Wasshington, D.C. , in December 1992" -- Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The decline and repudiation of the whole : notes on Aristotle's enclosure of the pre-Socratic world Kant on theory and practice High theory, low theory and the demands of morality Psychological realism and moral theory What Plato would allow "Laywer for humanity" : theory and practice in ancient political thought The theoretical importance of practice Avoidable necessity : global warning, international fairness, and alternative energy On legal theory and legal practice Religious resistence to the Kantian sovereign On regulating practices with theories drawn from them : a case of justice as fairness Public practical reason : political practice "Truth" or consequences The end of morality? theory, practice, and political philosophy : the theory of his Heidegger and political philosophy : the theory of his practice A performer of political thought : Václav Havel on freedom and responsibility Norma Thompson -- Jeffrie G. Murphy -- Frances M. Kamm -- David B. Wong -- Jeremy Waldron -- Martha C. Nussbaum -- Susan J. Brison -- Henry Shue -- Cass R. Sunstein -- Stephen L. Carter -- Frank I. Michelman -- Gerald J. Postema -- Kent Greenawalt -- John Kane -- Steven B. Smith -- Jean Bethke Elshtain.

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Theory Philosophy--Congresses.
Law--Philosophy--Congresses.
Practice Philosophy--Congresses.

B 842 / .T54 1995