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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... social and economic equality . In the history of political theory , however , liberalism has a different , broader meaning . In this historical sense , liberalism describes a tradition of thought that emphasizes toleration and respect ...
... social life are means to that end . " It is only as participants in political association that we can realize our nature and fulfill our highest ends . " Unlike the ancient conception , liberal political theory does not see political ...
... social interests . " 12 So Kantian liberals need an account of rights that does not depend on utilitarian considerations . More than this , they need an account that does not depend on any particular conception of the good , that does ...
... social and economic rights - rights to welfare , education , health care , and so on . They argue that respecting the capacity of persons to pursue their own ends requires government to assure the minimal prerequisites of a dignified ...
... social position and class , our sex and race should not influence deliberations made from a moral point of view . " 17 Once these contingencies are seen as products of our situation rather than as aspects of our person , they cease to ...
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 |