Philosophy and Political Engagement

1. Introduction
Allyn Fives, Keith Breen

Part I. Practical Ethics

2. The Role of Philosophy in Public Matters
Allyn Fives

3. On Philosophy’s Contribution to Public Matters: Charting the Course of a Debate
Joseph Mahon

4. Abortion and the Right to Not Be Pregnant
James Edwin Mahon

5. Acts, Omissions, and Assisted Death: Some Reflections on the Marie Fleming Case
Richard Hull, Annie McKeown O’Donovan

Part II. Ethical Commitment and Political Engagement

6. Writing as Social Disclosure: A Hundred Years Ago and Now
Alasdair MacIntyre

7. Ethics, Markets, and Cultural Goods
Russell Keat

8. In Defence of Meaningful Work as a Public Policy Concern
Keith Breen

9. Working from Both Ends: The Dual Role of Philosophy in Research Ethics
Allyn Fives

Part III. The Justification of Power and Resistance

10. Three Mistakes About Democracy
Philip Pettit

11. Karl Marx After a Century and a Half
Allen W. Wood

12. Neither Victims nor Executioners: Camus as Public Intellectual
John Foley

13. Violence and Responsibility
Felix Ó Murchadha

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Political Theory, Ethics, Political Philosophy, Public Policy