Free market fairness / John Tomasi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tomasi, John, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalism.

Equality.

Liberty.

Capitalism.

Free enterprise.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Can libertarians care about social justice? In Free Market Fairness, John Tomasi argues that they can and should. Drawing simultaneously on moral insights from defenders of economic liberty such as F. A. Hayek and advocates of social justice such as John Rawls, Tomasi presents a new theory of liberal justice. This theory, free market fairness, is committed to both limited government and the material betterment of the poor. Unlike traditional libertarians, Tomasi argues that property rights are best defended not in terms of self-ownership or economic efficiency but as requirements of democratic legitimacy. At the same time, he encourages egalitarians concerned about social justice to listen more sympathetically to the claims ordinary citizens make about the importance of private economic liberty in their daily lives. In place of the familiar social democratic interpretations of social justice, Tomasi offers a "market democratic" conception of social justice: free market fairness. Tomasi argues that free market fairness, with its twin commitment to economic liberty and a fair distribution of goods and opportunities, is a morally superior account of liberal justice. Free market fairness is also a distinctively American ideal. It extends the notion, prominent in America's founding period, that protection of property and promotion of real opportunity are indivisible goals. Indeed, according to Tomasi, free market fairness is social justice, American style. Provocative and vigorously argued, Free Market Fairness offers a bold new way of thinking about politics, economics, and justice--one that will challenge readers on both the left and right.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Classical Liberalism

Chapter 2. High Liberalism

Chapter 3. Thinking the Unthinkable

Chapter 4. Market Democracy

Chapter 5. Social Justicitis

Chapter 6. Two Concepts of Fairness

Chapter 7. Feasibility, Normativity, and Institutional Guarantees

Chapter 8. Free Market Fairness

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613439727

9781283439725

1283439727

9781400842391

1400842395

OCLC:

773566848