This new edition of Will Kymlicka's best selling critical introduction to contemporary political
theory has been fully revised to include many of the most significant developments in Anglo …

Recent work on consciousness has featured a number of debates on the existence and
character of controversial types of phenomenal experience. Perhaps the best-known is the …

There is a long tradition in economics of evaluating social arrangements by the extent to
which individuals' preferences are satisfied. This is the tradition of welfarism, which has …

The idea of social construction, however, contains a somewhat paradoxical character that
feminist use of it can bring out. Feminists point out that if humans are socially constructed …

The principal criticism of libertarianism is that it would damage human welfare. In response,
this book considers an extreme libertarian thesis: there is no conceptual or practical clash …

This paper presents a non-preference-based approach to the analysis of negative freedom.
It is argued that a proper understanding of (different conceptions of) negative freedom …

The essays in this volume originated at a workshop to mark the 50th anniversary of the
English political theorist Isaiah Berlin's influential lecture and essay,“Two Concepts of …

This article proposes an alternative conceptualization of freedom of choice. The endeavour
is motivated by the view that welfare comprises various capabilities (prominently among …

I provide a nonevaluative account of coercion, following a discussion of the charge that
coercion is an essentially contestable concept. I develop a fundamental account of human …

I shall first propose definitions of social freedom (to be distinguished from other concepts of
freedom) which could be acceptable regardless of one's moral point of view. The second …