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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... moral agents, consistent with a similar liberty for others. The. 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 ...
... moral ties that may for reasons unrelated to a choice. Such obligations are difficult to account for if we ... morally relevant history, such as the morally burdened relations.
... moral and religious convictions people bring to the public realm ? And how might the public life of a pluralist society cultivate in citizens the expansive self - understandings that civic engagement requires ? If the pub- lic ...
... moral basis consist ? It is sometimes thought that liberal principles can be justified by a simple version of moral relativism . Government should not " legislate morality , " because all morality is merely subjective , a matter of ...
... moral philosophy . Some have questioned the concept of utility and the assumption that all human goods are in ... morality . A wholly instrumental defense of freedom and rights not only leaves rights vulnerable but fails to respect the ...
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 |