David Rondel
Biographic Data
| ID | 5723299 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Rondel |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Rondel |
| SIGNATURE | RONDEL D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Concordia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6094-9707 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
In Memoriam
and cofounder of the Canadian Journal of Philosophy
Pragmatist Egalitarianism
Pragmatist Egalitarianism argues that a deep impasse plagues philosophical egalitarianism, and sets forth a conception of equality rooted in American pragmatist thought that successfully mediates that impasse. The book argues that there is a division within egalitarianism between those who regard equality as a fundamentally distributive ideal and those who construe it as a normative conception of human relationships. These rival conceptions are r…
Horizontal Egalitarianism
This chapter examines Marxism and socialism as a paradigm of “horizontal” egalitarianism. Whereas liberals typically endorse a regime of political equality (a Rechtstaat ), the chapter shows how, from a Marxist perspective, the end that socialism serves and capitalism impedes is social—not merely political—equality. On this view, the real site of equality is on the ground, in civil society, and in everyday social relationships. The egalitarian vi…
William James on Justice and the Sacredness of Individuality
James's celebration of individuality is well known. That such an individualist perspective should have anything to contribute to our philosophical thinking about justice, however, is more contentious. Individuality is often thought to belong to the private, snobby, idiosyncratic part of our nature, not the democratic, egalitarian, or participatory part. To the extent that individuality flourishes, the common thought goes, justice wanes. Unlike Jo…
Pragmatism and Justice
Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will
Raz on Authority and Democracy
I argue that Joseph Raz’s service conception of authority cannot convincingly account for the nature and source of democratic authority. It cannot explain (a) why decisions made democratically are more likely to be sound than decisions made non-democratically, and therefore, (b) why democratic decisions might be understood as constituting moral reasons for action and compliance independently of their instrumental dimensions. My argument is that d…
The Idea of JusticeAmartya Sen Cambridge, MA
A Cosmopolitan Account , a monograph by Gillian Brock launched in the summer of 2009, makes a high quality contribution to the body of philosophical work on global justice.As its title suggests, the book offers a vision of global justice from a cosmopolitan perspective.What makes the vision cosmopolitan, of course, is the appeal to the ideal of moral equality of all persons as the starting point of a philosophical inquiry into matters concerning …
Rawls and the metaphysical tradition
Political philosophers, like all philosophers, can be divided into roughly two camps. There are those who are principally metaphysical in their conclusions; feeling that there is something in the nature of things to find or locate to settle the disputes commonly considered to be political disputes, and those others who explicitly reject that type of formulation. Placing the work of John Rawls into one of these categories is, I think, rather chall…
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Rawls and the metaphysical tradition
Political philosophers, like all philosophers, can be divided into roughly two camps. There are those who are principally metaphysical in their conclusions; feeling that there is something in the nature of things to find or locate to settle the disputes commonly considered to be political disputes, and those others who explicitly reject that type of formulation. Placing the work of John Rawls into one of these categories is, I think, rather chall…
The Idea of JusticeAmartya Sen Cambridge, MA
A Cosmopolitan Account , a monograph by Gillian Brock launched in the summer of 2009, makes a high quality contribution to the body of philosophical work on global justice.As its title suggests, the book offers a vision of global justice from a cosmopolitan perspective.What makes the vision cosmopolitan, of course, is the appeal to the ideal of moral equality of all persons as the starting point of a philosophical inquiry into matters concerning …
Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will
Raz on Authority and Democracy
I argue that Joseph Raz’s service conception of authority cannot convincingly account for the nature and source of democratic authority. It cannot explain (a) why decisions made democratically are more likely to be sound than decisions made non-democratically, and therefore, (b) why democratic decisions might be understood as constituting moral reasons for action and compliance independently of their instrumental dimensions. My argument is that d…
Pragmatist Egalitarianism
Pragmatist Egalitarianism argues that a deep impasse plagues philosophical egalitarianism, and sets forth a conception of equality rooted in American pragmatist thought that successfully mediates that impasse. The book argues that there is a division within egalitarianism between those who regard equality as a fundamentally distributive ideal and those who construe it as a normative conception of human relationships. These rival conceptions are r…
Horizontal Egalitarianism
This chapter examines Marxism and socialism as a paradigm of “horizontal” egalitarianism. Whereas liberals typically endorse a regime of political equality (a Rechtstaat ), the chapter shows how, from a Marxist perspective, the end that socialism serves and capitalism impedes is social—not merely political—equality. On this view, the real site of equality is on the ground, in civil society, and in everyday social relationships. The egalitarian vi…
William James on Justice and the Sacredness of Individuality
James's celebration of individuality is well known. That such an individualist perspective should have anything to contribute to our philosophical thinking about justice, however, is more contentious. Individuality is often thought to belong to the private, snobby, idiosyncratic part of our nature, not the democratic, egalitarian, or participatory part. To the extent that individuality flourishes, the common thought goes, justice wanes. Unlike Jo…
Pragmatism and Justice
In Memoriam
and cofounder of the Canadian Journal of Philosophy
Political science (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (4 works) · Democracy (3 works) · Economic Justice (3 works) · Content (measure theory) (2 works)