The second edition of my textbook, Arguing About Political Philosophy, is being published this week by Routledge. The table of contents and lots of more info is available at the publisher’s site here. And you can check out a preliminary version of the brand new companion website here.

In addition to classic material from thinkers like Hobbes, Locke, and Rawls, there’s a lot in this volume that should be of particular interest to BHL readers: Adam Smith on the wealth of nations, Hayek on social justice, Michael Huemer on immigration, David Schmidtz on property and equality, Jason Brennan on political liberties, Randy Simmons on public choice and much, much more. Most textbooks in political philosophy are written as though libertarian political thought began and ended with Robert Nozick. Arguing About Political Philosophy goes well beyond any competitor in presenting to students the breadth and depth of classical liberal and libertarian ideas.

But not just classical liberal and libertarian ideas. Arguing About Political Philosophy presents a whole range of ideas and arguments that are mostly ignored by other textbooks. From Held and MacKinnon on feminism, to Mills on critical race theory, to G.A. Cohen on “Why Not Socialism?” (a nice pairing with this new book!), Arguing About Political Philosophy exposes students to something much closer to the full range of political debate, not just the narrow piece of it that most other textbooks give.

The new companion website has a lot of helpful material too: extensive study questions for each reading, sample quizzes, exams, and writing assignments for instructors, and a new interactive version of the “What’s Your Political Philosophy” quiz included in the physical book. We’re still ironing out the last few kinks in the survey, but once it’s up, you’ll be able to see where you stand on a host of theoretical and practical issues covered in the book, and what this says about your political ideology as a whole.

For a mix of classical and contemporary sources, philosophical and interdisciplinary readings, and a broad range of theoretical perspectives, Arguing About Political Philosophy has everything you need for a successful course in political philosophy. And very reasonably priced, if I do say so myself, at $60!

But, hey, don’t take my word for it!

“Browsing the table of contents of Zwolinski’s Arguing About Political Philosophy got me eager to teach Introduction to Political Philosophy next time using this text. The readings are well chosen and combine classic texts and state of the art recent work on a broad range of crucial topics within political philosophy better than any other introductory text I know of. I will surely be using this excellent text.” – David Sobel, Syracuse University

“It’s unusual for a textbook to possess both breadth and depth, but Zwolinski achieves just that. Debates over the meaning of central political concepts, and their reflection in several salient current political issues, are presented through a range of carefully selected readings representing both mainstream and other positions, historical and contemporary. The result is a strongly engaging introduction to the concerns of political philosophy.” – Hillel Steiner, University of Manchester

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