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 widelymisunderstood and criticized theories in contemporary political theory. INDICE: 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
- ISBN: 978-0-19-959487-0
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 352
- Fecha Publicación: 02/12/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés