Toward a Liberalism

In Toward a Liberalism, Richard Flathman shows why and how political theory can contribute to the quality of moral and political practice without violating, as empiricist- and idealist-based theories tend to do, liberal commitments to individuality and plurality. Exploring the tense but inevitable r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flathman, Richard E. (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 2018
1989.
Series:Cornell paperbacks
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009422305006719
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • I Theory and Practice, Skepticism and Liberalism
  • 2 Liberalism and Authority
  • 3 Citizenship and Authority: A Chastened View of Citizenship
  • 4 Liberalism and the Human Good of Freedom
  • 5 Moderating Rights
  • 6 The Theory of Rights and the Practice of Abortion
  • 7 Egalitarian Blood and Skeptical Turnips
  • Index