Jonathan Quong

Liberalism Without Perfection

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Liberalism without Perfection offers an introduction to the debate between liberal perfectionism and political liberalism. This book is a new account and defence of Rawlsian political liberalism, one of the most discussed, but widely misunderstood and criticized theories in contemporary political theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780199594870
• ISBN-10: 0199594872
• Artikelnr.: 32306366

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Quong is Professor of Philosophy and Law at the University of Southern California. He taught previously at the University of Manchester. He is an associate editor for Philosophy & Public Affairs, an associate editor for Ethics, and an area editor for Pacific Philosophical Quarterly.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1: What Kind of Liberalism?
2: The Argument from Autonomy
3: Paternalism and Perfectionism
4: Justification and Legitimacy
5: A Question Internal to Liberal Theory
6: The Role of an Overlapping Consensus
7: Disagreement and Asymmetry
8: Truth and Scepticism
9: The Scope and Structure of Public Reason
10: Unreasonable Citizens
Conclusion
Bibliography