Reading Rasmussen and Den Uyl

Critical Essays on Norms of Liberty

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Reading Rasmussen and Den Uyl is a collection of interpretive and critical essays by philosophers and political scientists which explores central themes in liberalism and its ethical and metaphysical grounding. The volume contains a reply essay by Rasmussen and Den Uyl.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 602g
• ISBN-13: 9780739126929
• ISBN-10: 073912692X
• Artikelnr.: 23804430

Autorenporträt

Aeon J. Skoble is professor of philosophy and chair of the Department of Philosophy at Bridgewater State College.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 An Introduction to Norms of Liberty Chapter 3
Assessing the Prospects for Norms of Liberty Chapter 4 A Liberal Defense of
Liberalism Chapter 5 Can the Political Priority of Liberty be Squared with
the Ethical Priority of Flourishing? Chapter 6 Building a Bridge from Both
Sides: A Response to Norms of Liberty Chapter 7 Beyond Both the Polis and
the Enlightenment: Reflections on Norms of Liberty and the Crisis of
Contemporary Liberal Theory Chapter 8 A Non-Atomist Defense of Individual
Liberty Chapter 9 Aristotle and Aristotelianism in Norms of Liberty Chapter
10 Moral Truth, Moral Disagreement, and the Agent-Relative Conception of
Moral Value Chapter 11 Reflections on Norms of Liberty: What Makes Liberty
Worthy of the Name? Chapter 12 Human Flourishing and Voluntarist
Self-Direction Chapter 13 Flourishing Through Trade Chapter 14
Self-Directedness and the Human Good in Norms of Liberty Chapter 15 Norms
of Liberty: Challenges and Prospects