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This dissertation examines the concept of neoliberal communitarianism and its varieties in order to explain the economic success stories of the cities known as Anatolian Tigers. It is portrayed that major driver of the transformation in the Anatolian cities was the rapid industr…

'Community' has long proved an integral element in commonsense thinking about a range of social problems and experiences, and with respect to crime the general conclusion is that more community will mean less crime. This study comprises a critical exploration of the resonance of…

It has become commonplace to argue that the liberal-communitarian debate, which has characterised Anglo-American political thought for the last two decades, has now been exhausted. However, there is little consensus over who actually had the better of the debate or alternatively…

This thesis examines the concept of civil disobedience, and the role the latter can play in a democratic society. It aims to offer a moral justification for civil disobedience that departs from consequentialist or deontological considerations, and focuses instead on virtue ethic…

Çağdaş ahlâk felsefesinin temel problemleri hangi mefhumlar üzerinden açığa çıkmaktadır? Liberal düşünce tasavvuruna karşı Alasdair MacIntyre ve Charles Taylor nasıl bir ahlâk felsefesi ortaya koyarlar? Ahlâk, epistemolojik bir mesele midir yoksa ahlâkın ontolojik dayanakları mı…

This dissertation argues that the substance of many of the theoretical issues and debates of contemporary Western ethics have questionable relevance in respect to the complex dynamism of the modern world to answering Socrates' question, "How shall we live?" or as this dissertati…