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Partisan or neutral : the futility of public political theory
- Title
- Partisan or neutral : the futility of public political theory / Michael J. White.
- Author
- White, Michael J., 1948-
- Publication
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, ©1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Use in library | JA71 .W4558 1997 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 193 pages; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Studies in social, political, and legal philosophy
- Uniform Title
- Studies in social, political, and legal philosophy.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Political Liberalism: An Overview. The Reformation: Sociopolitical Disaster or Felix Culpa? Classical Liberalism: Justifying Compromises. The Skeptical Beast: Noire ou Belle? Stopping History and the Search for a Tertium Quid. Prudential Accommodation versus Public Justification -- 2. What Ever Happened to Distributive Justice? Hobbes's Impatience: The Replacement of Distributive by Commutative Justice. Locke's Ambivalence: Principle or Prudence? Why Not Egalitarianism as a Prudential Modus Vivendi? But Aren't We, in Fact, All Equal? Liberalism's Best Bet? -- 3. Stopping History -- By the Rules. To Justify or To Stabilize? "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord" (Is. 1:18). Liberal versus Non-Liberal Niceness: Tolerance and Civility -- 4. Politics -- Perfect and Imperfect. Lex Naturalis Redux: Neo-Natural-Law Theory and Liberalism. Religion as a Basic Form of Human Good? Complete Communities, Public Squares, and Civic Souls. The Politics of Imperfection.
- ISBN
- 0847684539
- 9780847684533
- 0847684547
- 9780847684540
- LCCN
- 96048980
- OCLC
- ocm35911235
- 35911235
- SCSB-2121991
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library