Liberalism and Its Critics

Much contemporary political philosophy has been a debate between utilitarianism on the one hand and Kantian, or rights-based ethic has recently faced a growing challenge from a different direction, from a view that argues for a deeper understanding of citizenship and community than the liberal ethic allows.
The writings collected in this volume present leading statements of rights-based liberalism and of the communitarian, or civic republican alternatives to that position. The principle of selection has been to shift the focus from the familiar debate between utilitarians and Kantian liberals in order to consider a more powerful challenge ot the rights-based ethic, a challenge indebted, broadly speaking, to Aristotle, Hegel, and the civic republican tradition.
Contributors include Isaiah Berlin, John Rawls, Alasdair MacIntyre.

About the author

Michael J. Sandel teaches political philosophy at Harvard University. He is the author of several books, including, Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (1982).

Summary

Presents leading statements of rights-based liberalism and of the communitarian, or civic republican alternatives to that position

Product details

• Authors: Jo Fisher
• Assisted by: Michael J. Sandel (Editor)
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.1984
• EAN: 9780814778418
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-7841-8
• No. of pages: 278
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 214 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 313 g
• Series: Readings in Social & Political; Readings in Social & Political; Readings in Social & Political Theory
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education