In the Company of Others

Product Description Political and public debate recently has centered on issues of community, family and culture. What are the boundaries of community, and why is community important? What constitutes a family, and is it the fundamental unit of a stable society? What difference does feminism make in our lives and in society? How do racial and cultural minorities affect culture as a whole? In the Company of Others brings together new and previously published essays by nine distinguished philosophers, who argue these questions from a variety of perspectives. Presenting traditional and nontraditional approaches, their essays challenge and refine recent thinking on issues of contemporary social and political importance. Review In a society which routinely debates family values and diversity, this anthology offers some promising clarification and guidance. V. L. W. Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal PhilosophyThis volume will be of interest to philosophers and scholars concerned with a critique of the positions of some feminist thinkers on family, community, and culture. Choice About the Author Nancy E. Snow is assistant professor of philosophy at Marquette University.