Democracy’s Discontent: America in Search of a Public PhilosophyThe defect, Sandel maintains, lies in the impoverished vision of citizenship and community shared by Democrats and Republicans alike. American politics has lost its civic voice, leaving both liberals and conservatives unable to inspire the sense of community and civic engagement that self-government requires. |
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... Liberal and Republican Traditions , " who subjected my arguments to vigorous critical scrutiny . I owe special thanks to friends who , at various stages of this project , gave me the benefit of extensive written comments on parts or all ...
... liberal principles, including respect for individual rights. 10 At first glance, utilitarianism seems well suited to liberal purposes. Seeking to maximize overall happiness does not require judging people's values, only aggregating them ...
... Liberal. Self. The Kantian case against utilitarianism derives much of its force from its contrasting conception of the person, its view of what it means to be a moral agent. Where utilitarians conflate our many desires into a single ...
... liberal view. According to Rawls, obligations can arise in only one of two ways, as “natural duties” we owe to human beings as such or as voluntary obligations we incur by consent. The natural duties are those we owe persons qua persons ...
... liberal political theory . Its central idea is that government should be neutral toward the moral and religious ... liberal political theory , it is important to distinguish two different meanings of liberalism . In the common parlance ...
Contents
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Religious Liberty and Freedom of Speech | 55 |
Privacy Rights and Family Law | 91 |
Economics and Virtue in the Early Republic | 123 |
Free Labor versus Wage Labor | 168 |
Community SelfGovernment and Progressive Reform | 201 |
Liberalism and the Keynesian Revolution | 250 |
The Triumph and Travail of the Procedural Republic | 274 |
Other editions - View all
Democracy’s Discontent: America in Search of a Public Philosophy Michael J. Sandel Limited preview - 1998 |
Liberalism and Its Critics: America in Search of a Public Philosophy Michael J. Sandel No preview available - 1998 |
Democracy's Discontent: America in Search of a Public Philosophy Michael J. Sandel No preview available - 1996 |