Solidarity
Solidarity as a phenomenon lies like an erratic block in the midst of the moral landscape of our age. Until now, the geologists familiar with this landscape - ethicists and moral theorists - have taken it for granted, have circumnavigated it! in any case,
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Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture VOLUMES Series Editor
H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine. Houston. Texas. and Philosophy Department. Rice University. Houston. Texas Associate Editor
Kevin William Wildes, SJ., Philosophy Department and Kennedy Institute of Ethics. Georgetown University. Washington. DC Editorial Board
Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University. Durham. N.C. Terry Pinkard, Georgetown University. Washington. D.C. Mary C. Rawlinson, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stuart F. Spieker. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences. Boston. Massachusetts Marx W. Wartofsky, Baruch College. City University ofNew York
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
SOLIDARITY Edited by
KURT BAYERTZ Westfiilische Wilhelms-Universitiit, Philosophisches Seminar Munster, Germany
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
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ISBN 978-90-481-5137-0 ISBN 978-94-015-9245-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-015-9245-1
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Table of Contents Kurt Bayertz / Foreword
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PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS
Kurt Bayertz / Four Uses of "Solidarity" Ulrich Steinvorth / The Concept and Possibilities of Solidarity Nicholas Capaldi / What's Wrong with Solidarity? George Khushf / Solidarity as a Moral and Political Concept: Beyond the LiberallCommunitarian Impasse Veronique Munoz Darde / Fraternity and Justice
3 29 39 57 81
PART Two: SOCIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Helmut Thome / Solidarity: Theoretical Perspectives for Empirical Research Hans W Bierhoff and Beate Kilpper / Social Psychology of Solidarity Eckart Voland / On the Nature of Solidarity Andreas Gobel and Eckart Pankoke / Bonds and Bounds of Solidarity
10 1 133 157 173
PART THREE: SOLIDARITY IN HISTORY
Karl H. Metz / Solidarity and History. Institutions and Social Concepts of Solidarity in 19th Century Western Europe Andreas Wildt / Solidarity: Its History and Contemporary Definition
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Table of Contents PART FOUR: SOLIDARITY, THE LAW, AND THE STATE
Erhard Denninger / Constitutional Law and Solidarity Michael Baurmann / Solidarity as a Social Norm and as a Constitutional Norm Steven Lukes / Solidarity and Citizenship Ulrich K. Preuss / National, Supranational, and International Solidarity
223 243 273 281
PART FIVE: PERSPECTIVES OF SOLIDARITY IN (POST)MODERN SOCIETIES
H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. / Solidarity: Post-Modem Perspectives Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J. / Solidarity in
