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Moderate conservatism : reclaiming the center / John Kekes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kekes, John, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conservatism--United States.
- Conservatism.
- Right and left (Political science)--United States.
- Right and left (Political science).
- Political culture--United States.
- Political culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- In' Moderate Conservatism' John Kekes offers a way forward for those who are alarmed by the current state of politics in America. Kekes makes a reasoned case for moderation, the defense of the United States' constitutional democracy, and a criticism of all forms of political extremism. The U.S. political system has endured because the Constitution has guided the balance of the often-conflicting claims of justice, liberty, equality, prosperity, and security on which the well-being of all American citizens depend.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Moderate Conservatism
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. From Simplicities to Complexities
- The Aim of Moderate Conservatism
- Conventional Lives
- Common Decencies
- Shared Modes of Evaluation
- Sources of Complexities
- 3. Perennial Problems
- Overview
- Contingencies
- Conflicts
- Compromises
- 4. The Problem and the Response
- The Problem
- Complex Evaluations
- Personal Attitudes and Our Political System
- Negative Capability
- Toward Reasonable Actions
- 5. The Rule of Law
- The Approach
- Procedural or Substantive?
- Doubts about Priorities
- The Moderately Substantive Requirement
- Moderate Conservatism and the Rule of Law
- 6. Justice
- Justice as Desert
- Why Should We Get What We Deserve?
- Terms of Cooperation
- The Test of Time
- Justice as Desert: For and Against
- 7. Legal and Political Equality
- The Aim
- Contextuality
- Conditionality
- Practicality
- Justification
- 8. Liberty
- The Concept and Its Complexities
- Negative Liberty
- Reasons against Negative Liberty
- Positive Liberty as Autonomy
- The Exclusivist Mistake
- The Secular Faith and Its Problems
- Limited Liberty
- 9. Private Property
- The Reason for It
- Its Importance
- Interest-Based Justification
- Entitlement-Based Justification
- Utility-Based Justification
- Complex Justification
- 10. Last Words
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2023.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 3, 2022).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-766808-9
- 0-19-766809-7
- 0-19-766807-0
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