Anarchism and Moral Philosophy

This collection explores the nature and role of ethics within anarchist thought and practice, examining normative, meta-ethical and applied ethical issues through some of the theoretical insights of anarchism. It comprises contributions from international scholars working within the fields of philosophy and political theory.

Benjamin Franks is the Lecturer in Social and Political Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, UK, based at then Dumfries campus. He is the author of Rebel Alliances: The means and ends of contemporary British anarchisms, and his work on anarchisms and postanarchisms have appeared in Anarchist Studies, Capital and Class and the Journal of Political Ideologies. Matthew Wilson is a postgraduate Researcher at Loughborough University, UK, exploring the problems of freedom, diversity and conflict in ariarchist thought and practice. He is also involved in various forms of political activism, in particular, with the anarchist cycling collective Bicycology.

Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Anarchism and Moral Philosophy; B.Franks
PART I: PHILOSOPHICAL ANARCHISM
In Defence of Philosophical Anarchism; P.McLaughlin
Kicking Against the Pricks: Anarchist Perfectionism and the Conditions of Independence; S.Clark
Anarchist Philosophy: Past, Problems, and Prospects; N.Jun
PART II: ANARCHISM, PROPERTY AND AUTONOMY
Autonomy, Taxation and Ownership: An Anarchist Critique of Kant's Theory of Property; K.DeClark
The Ethical Foundations of Proudhon's Republican Anarchism; A.Prichard
Freedom Pressed: Anarchism, Liberty and Conflict; M.Wilson
PART III: ALTERNATIVE ANARCHIST ETHICS
Anarchism and the Virtues; B.Franks
Green Anarchy: Deep Ecology and Primitivism; E.Aaltola
Listening, Caring, Becoming: Anarchism as an Ethics of Direct Relationships J.Heckert
A Well-Being Out of Nihilism: On the Affinities Between Nietzsche and Anarchist Thought; J.Irwin
Are Postanarchists Right to Call Classical Anarchisms 'humanist'?; T.Swann
Index