Political efficacy, respect for agency, and adaptive preferences

Serene Khader and Rosa Terlazzo have each recently proposed theories of adaptive preferences (APs) which purport to both respect persons’ agency and provide an effective political tool. While Khader and Terlazzo thus share a similar goal, they take fundamentally different paths in its pursuit: Khade...

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Main Author: Weimer, Steven (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2017]
In: Journal of global ethics
Year: 2017, Volume: 13, Issue: 3, Pages: 326-343
Further subjects:B adaptive preferences
B Flourishing
B Terlazzo
B Autonomy
B Khader
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