- Jubilee offer: spend £10 or more on any product sold by Amazon.co.uk on or before June 6 and you can buy The Diamond Jubilee A Classical Celebration Album for just £2.50 Here's how (terms and conditions apply)
| ||||||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Special Offers and Product Promotions
Product details
|
More About the Author
Product Description
Review
The sweep of The Idea of Liberal Theory is remarkable. David Johnston does not isolate himself within one vineyard of liberal theory, but seeks to cultivate and amend its diverse fields by praising and criticizing Nozick, Raz, Mill, Rawls, Walzer, and Dworkin, among others. Johnston recasts the normative bases of criticism to address forms of subordination that liberal theory has tended to render invisible. -- Melissa A. Orlie Journal of Politics This clear and useful new work moves through a swift yet thorough critique of three leading liberal philosophies to reach a sketch of a new, improved theory. Virginia Quarterly Review Johnston provides a well-argued critique of some representative thinkers from three types of liberal theory: rights-based liberalism; perfectionist liberalism; and political liberalism... The book is exceptionally well-written... Indeed, so clear is the argument that the book is valuable not only for its contribution to academic scholarship but also as a means of introducing liberal political thought to serious undergraduate students. Choice
Product Description
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.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
First Sentence
IMAGINE THAT YOU have been asked to participate in the founding of a new society. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
IMAGINE THAT YOU have been asked to participate in the founding of a new society. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample PagesConcordance
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organise and find favourite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Reviews
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
- Books > History > Political History > Democracy
- Books > Society, Politics & Philosophy > Government & Politics > Political Science & Ideology > Liberalism
- Books > Society, Politics & Philosophy > Government & Politics > Political Science & Ideology > Political Science
- Books > Society, Politics & Philosophy > Philosophy
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
