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The Idea of a Liberal Theory
David Johnston
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Philosophie
Beschreibung
Liberalism, the founding philosophy of many constitutional democracies, has been criticized in recent years from both the left and the right for placing too much faith in individual rights and distributive justice. In this book, David Johnston argues for a reinterpretation of liberal principles he contends will restore liberalism to a position of intellectual leadership from which it can guide political and social reforms. He begins by surveying the three major contemporary schools of liberal political thought--rights-based, perfectionist, and political liberalism--and, by weeding out their weaknesses, sketches a new approach he calls humanist liberalism.
The core of Johnston's humanist liberalism is the claim that the purpose of political and social arrangements should be to empower individuals to be effective agents. Drawing on and modifying the theories of John Rawls, Michael Walzer, Ronald Dworkin, Joseph Raz, Amartya Sen, and others, Johnston explains how this purpose can be realized in a world in which human beings hold fundamentally different conceptions of the ends of life. His humanist liberalism responds constructively to feminist, neo-Marxist, and other criticisms while remaining faithful to the core values of the liberal tradition.
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Philosophy, Liberal democracy, Economic liberalism, Rational choice theory, Normative, Political philosophy, Morality, Perfectionist liberalism, Commodity, Primary goods, Taking Rights Seriously, Critique, Distributive justice, Natural and legal rights, A Theory of Justice, Economic ideology, Historicism, Legitimation, Slavery, Criticism, Individual and group rights, Moral responsibility, Liberalism, Overlapping consensus, Substantive rights, Value pluralism, Comparative advantage, Ideal type, Theory, Perspectivism, Consequentialist libertarianism, Good and evil, Individualism, On Liberty, Justice as Fairness, Scientism, Deliberation, Relativism, Well-being, Economics, Entitlement theory, Social theory, Just society, Suggestion, Utilitarianism, Consideration, Paternalism, Robert Nozick, Liberalism and the Limits of Justice, Ideology, Political criticism, Minarchism, Institution, Political Liberalism, Basic structure doctrine, Wealth, Opportunism, Equal opportunity, Social criticism, Original position, Radical democracy, Democratic education, Liberal Movement (Australia), Self-ownership, Reflective equilibrium, Postmodernism, Rights, Institutional liberalism, Sumptuary law, Two Treatises of Government