Foreword

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Foreword XI
4. Foreword XV
5. Introduction 1
6. Justice and Human Equality
7. 1. Justice—Compensatory and Distributive 11
8. 2. Equality, Race, and Preferential Treatment 26
9. 3. The Costs of Equality 34
10. 4. The Costs of Inequality: In Response to Robert A. Nisbet 50
11. 5. Justice, Equality, and the Economic System 59
12. 6. Equality and Fraternity: A Note on Subjective Realities 72
13. Private Rights and the Public Good
14. 7. Private Rights and the Public Good 85
15. 8. Public Rights and Private Interests: In Response to Charles Frankel 103
16. 9. On Privacy and Community 109
17. 10. Do Rocks Have Rights? Thoughts on Environmental Ethics 120
18. Technology and the Ideal of Human Progress
19. 11. Living with Scarcity 135
20. 12. The Technology of Life and Death 152
21. 13. Biomedical Progress and the Limits of Human Health 170
22. 14. Technology and the Structuring of Cities 182
23. 15. The Aesthetics of Technology: In Response to David P. Billington 199
24. War and the Social Order
25. 16. On National Frontiers: Ethnic Homogeneity and Pluralism 205
26. 17. The Lower Middle Class as Historical Problem 220
27. 18. Reflections on War, Utopias, and Temporary Systems 246
28. Education and the Good Society
29. 19. The University and American Society 261
30. 20. The University, Society, and the Critical Temper: In Response to George W. Pierson 277
31. 21. Some Questions in General Education Today 281
32. 22. Some Inconsistent Educational Aims 303
33. 23. The Disestablished Humanities 308
34. 24. A View from the Ivory Tower: In Response to Rosemary Park 321
35. The Humanities and Public Policy
36. 25. A Philosophic Perspective 333
37. Notes 385
38. Index 393