Liberalism without perfection
'Liberalism Without Perfection' offers an introduction to the debate between liberal perfectionism and political liberalism. This book is an account and defence of Rawlsian political liberalism, one of the most discussed, but widely misunderstood and criticized theories in contemporary political theory.
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- Full title :Liberalism without perfection / Jonathan Quong.
Summary
'Liberalism Without Perfection' offers an introduction to the debate between liberal perfectionism and political liberalism. This book is an account and defence of Rawlsian political liberalism, one of the most discussed, but widely misunderstood and criticized theories in contemporary political theory.
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- Publication Date:2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (viii, 330 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199594870, 0199594872, 9780191616457, 0191616451, 9780191723513, 0191723517
- oclc:ocn700952651
- LC Classification:JC574
- Dewey Decimal:320.51
Table of Contents
What kind of liberalism? -- The argument from autonomy -- Paternalism and perfectionism -- Justification and legitimacy -- A question internal to liberal theory -- the role of an overlapping consensus -- Disagreement and asymmetry -- Truth and scepticism -- The scope and structure of public reason -- Unreasonable citizens.
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