The Problem of Value Pluralism: Isaiah Berlin and Beyond

ISBN-13: 9781032085227 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 246 str.

George Crowder

Opis

In this book, George Crowder assesses the various responses to the problem of value pluralism presented by Isaiah Berlin and his successors, and constructs an original response to this problem by reflecting critically on three main approaches to it found in the political-theory literature: universalism, contextualism and conceptualism.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Berlin and the Problem of Value Pluralism  2. The Great Goods  3. Agonism and Context  4. Realism and History  5. Diversity and Liberalism  6. Toleration and Autonomy  7. Democracy and Compromise  8. Constitutionalism and Public Policy  9. Conclusion

O autorze

George Crowder is Professor in the College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University, Australia. His books include Liberalism and Value Pluralism (2002), Isaiah Berlin: Liberty and Pluralism (2004), The One and the Many: Reading Isaiah Berlin (co-edited with Henry Hardy, 2007), and Theories of Multiculturalism (2013).