Liberalism at the crossroads : an introduction to contemporary liberal political theory and its critics / edited by Christopher Wolfe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wolfe, Christopher.

American Public Philosophy Institute.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalism--Congresses.

Liberalism.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xix, 230 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]

Summary:

Liberalism at the Crossroads offers succinct, accessible, and well-written surveys of the ideas of the leading participants in the contemporary philosophical debate about liberalism. 0742532712 Liberalism at the Crossroads offers succinct, accessible, and well-written surveys of the ideas of the leading participants in the contemporary philosophical debate about liberalism. 0742532720 The ninth book in the IBM Endowment Series on the Business of Government, The Procurement Revolution continues the tradition of timely and vital information dissemination, which the series has come to stand for. Focusing on the profound and revolutionary changes the government has had and will have to make in its approach to procuring goods and services, this newest book strives to capture the creativity and energy that can and should be brought to government procurement.

Contents:

1 The Liberalism of John Rawls: A Brief Exposition / Michael Pakaluk 1

2 The Egalitarian Liberalism of Ronald Dworkin / Christopher Wolfe 21

3 The Hegemonic Liberalism of Susan Moller Okin / Celia Wolf-Devine 41

4 Robert Nozick and the Foundations of Political Individualism / R. George Wright 61

5 Richard Posner: Pragmatist, Classical Liberal, and Legal Anti-Positivist / Jack Wade Nowlin 77

6 Beyond the Procedural Republic: The Communitarian Liberalism of Michael Sandel / Terry Hall 97

7 Alasdair MacIntyre: Recovering the Rationality of Traditions / David M. Wagner 121

8 Inescapably a Liberalist: Richard Rorty as Social Theorist / Gerard V. Bradley 141

9 The Unorthodox Liberalism of Joseph Raz / Robert P. George 161

10 William Galston's Defense of Liberalism: Forging Unity amid Diversity / J. Brian Benestad 177

11 The New Natural Law Theory of John Finnis / Joseph R. Reisert 197.

Notes:

"Papers presented at a conference of the American Public Philosphy Institute on 'The crisis of contemporary liberalism'"--P. vii.

Contains additional chapters and updated essays.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0742532704

0742532712

OCLC:

51519595