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Moral selfhood in the liberal tradition : the politics of individuality / Paul Fairfield.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fairfield, Paul, 1966- author.
- Series:
- Toronto studies in philosophy.
- Toronto Studies in Philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liberalism.
- Genre:
- Livres numeriques.
- e-books.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (287 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Beginning with a wide-ranging discussion of liberal philosophers, Fairfield proposes that liberalism requires a complete reconception of moral selfhood, one that accommodates elements of the contemporary critiques without abandoning liberal individualism.
- Contents:
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Introduction
- Part One: The Metaphysics of Individuality
- 1. The Classical Liberals
- A Classical Fable
- Hobbes: The Appetitive Machine
- Locke: The Rational Proprietor
- Rousseau: The Historicized Self
- Kant: The Rational Will
- 2. Utilitarian and New Liberals
- The Transformation of Liberal Doctrine
- Bentham: Homo Economicus
- Mill: Utilitarian Individuality
- Green: Individuality Socialized
- Hobhouse: The New Liberal Self
- 3. Neoclassical Liberals and Communitarian Critics
- The Philosophy of the Self in Contemporary Liberal Theory.
- Rawls: The Original Chooser
- Nozick: Homo Economicus, Again
- Communitarianism and Metaphysical Embarrassment
- Working Through Metaphysical Embarrassment
- Part Two: The Politics of Individuality
- 4. Changing the Subject: Refashioning the Liberal Self
- The Decline of the Worldless Subject
- A Hermeneutical-Pragmatic Philosophy of the Self
- The Self as a Situated Agent
- 5. Rational Agency
- The Regime of Instrumentality
- Communicative Reason
- 6. The Political Conditions of Agency
- The Free Society: A Justification
- The Free Society: An Interpretation
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-7737-6
- OCLC:
- 944177856
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