Liberalism and the Limits of Justice

Book Description: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Book Condition: BRAND NEW. REV Edition Number is 2. 9.02 by .67 inches. (252 pages) This book is printed on demand, please allow up to 10 days extra for delivery. Sandel traces the limits of liberalism to the conception of the person that underlies it, and argues for a deeper understanding of community than liberalism allows.Sandel locates modern liberalism in the tradition of Kant, and focuses on its most influential recent expression in the work of John Rawls. In the most important challenge yet to Rawls' theory of justice, Sandel traces the limits of liberalism to the conception of the person that underlies it, and argues for a deeper understanding of community than liberalism allows.Sandel locates modern liberalism in the tradition of Kant, and focuses on its most influential recent expression in the work of John Rawls. In the most important challenge yet to Rawls' theory of justice, Sandel traces the limits of liberalism to the conception of the person that underlies it, and argues for a deeper understanding of community than liberalism allows.A liberal society seeks not to impose a single way of life, but to leave its citizens as free as possible to choose their own values and ends. It therefore must govern by principles of justice that do not presuppose any particular vision of the good life. But can any such principles be found? And if not, what are the consequences for justice as a moral and political ideal? These are the questions Michael Sandel takes up in this penetrating critique of contemporary liberalism. Sandel locates modern liberalism in the tradition of Kant, and focuses on its most influential recent expression in the work of John Rawls. In the most important challenge yet to Rawls' theory of justice, Sandel traces the limits of liberalism to the conception of the person that underlies it, and argues for a deeper understanding of community than liberalism allows.1. Justice and the moral subject, 2. Possession, desert, and distributive justice, 3. Contract theory and justification, 4. Justice and the good.'His is a new and authentic philosophical voice . Michael Sandel's elegantly argued book . describes what I take to be the reality of moral experience.' Michael Walzer, The New Republic Edition REV Edition Number is 2 (). Bookseller Inventory # AA0521562988

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Book Description: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. 2nd. 160mm x 19mm x 236mm. A liberal society seeks not to impose a single way of life, but to leave its citizens as free as possible to choose their own values and ends. It therefore must govern by principles of justice that do not presuppose any particular vision of the good life. But can any such principles be found? And if not, what are the consequences for justice as a moral and political ideal? These are the questions Michael Sandel takes up in this penetrating critique of contemporary liberalism. This new edition includes a new introduction and a new final chapter in which Professor Sandel responds to the later work of John Rawls. 252 pages. Bookseller Inventory # S0541095

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