About Michael Walzer
American political philosopher (b. 1935), long-term professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Walzer has written across political philosophy — on liberalism, socialism, communitarianism, and civil society — but Just and Unjust Wars (1977) is his most widely read and studied work. He is also associated with communitarian critiques of Rawlsian liberalism, arguing in Spheres of Justice (1983) that justice is not a single principle but a family of standards appropriate to different social goods.
Books by Michael Walzer
Just and Unjust Wars
The authoritative modern account of just war theory. Walzer argues that there is a genuine moral logic to the conduct of war — that wars can be just or unjust, that soldiers and statesmen are morally responsible for how…
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The most influential communitarian alternative to Rawls. Walzer argues there is no single principle of justice; instead, different 'spheres' of social life — money, office, education, health, political power — each have…
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