Order Ethics or Moral Surplus : What Holds a Society Together?
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (263 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Normativity under Conditions of Globalization -- 3 Society Requires Capacities of the Individual -- 4 Society Requires a Sense of Justice -- 5 Society Requires Incentives and Rules -- 6 Conclusion -- Outlook -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
This book questions the often implicit assumption of many contemporary political philosophers that a society needs its citizens to adopt some shared basic qualities, views, or capabilities. Christoph Luetge provides an alternative view, which relies on mutual advantages as the fundamental basis of society.