Essay on Liberalism: Looking Left and Right

ISBN-13: 9780792327059 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 160 str.

D. F. B. Tucker

Opis

This book argues that we would be very foolish to abandon the sense of justice that lies at the core of the social democratic approach to political life. The book challenges the view that the liberal tradition is best characterized by its embrace of key values, such as freedom, autonomy, self-realization, and with the importance accorded to the virtue of tolerance. A competing social democractic/Rawlsian understanding of liberalism is presented and compared with major rival ideological orientations on both the left and the right of the political spectrum.

Spis treści

Introduction. 1. Individualism and the Neo-Liberal Paradigm. 2. Individualism: the Utilitarian-Egalitarian and Rawlsian Paradigms. 3. Normative Neo-Liberalism: Rand and Rothbard. 4. Robert Nozick's Neo-Liberalism. 5. Utilitarian Neo-Liberalism: Hayek and Buchanan. 6. Individualism, Egalitarianism and Rawls. 7. Liberalism and the Rule of Law. 8. Liberal Democracy. 9. Arblaster and Unger on Liberalism. 10. Conclusion. Appendix. Index.