This thinker said that we should focus on the three most important “paths” in moral and political theory: discovery, invention, and interpretation. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this thinker who wrote Interpretation and Social Criticism. This thinker argued for a theory of “complex equality,” and claimed that supreme emergencies may necessitate leaders “dirtying their hands.”
ANSWER: Michael (Laban) Walzer
[10e] Drawing on The City of God, Walzer examined “just” and “unjust” types of these events. The justification behind these events is called the casus belli.
ANSWER: wars [or international conflicts]
[10m] Walzer’s paradigmatic example of the path of invention drew on this 1971 book, which inspired a response by Robert Nozick titled Anarchy, State, and Utopia. It posits the “original position” thought experiment.
ANSWER: A Theory of Justice (by John Rawls)