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Zusatztext It is an important and challenging work that will set the stage for a great deal of the discussion not only on justice and republicanism, but also on property-owning democracy, market socialism and broader discussions of alternative economic institutions to come ... Original and interesting Informationen zum Autor Alan Thomas is currently Professor of Ethics at the University of York, UK . Educated at Cambridge, Harvard (as a Kennedy Scholar), and Oxford Universities he has held visiting appointments at the University of British Columbia, Tulane University, St. Louis University and the Australian National University. His interests in philosophy include moral and political philosophy, epistemology and the philosophy of mind Klappentext This first book length study of property-owning democracy argues that a society in which capital is universally accessible to all citizens uniquely meets the demands of justice. It defends a renovated form of capitalism in which the free market is no longer a threat to social democratic values, but is potentially convergent with them. Zusammenfassung This first book length study of property-owning democracy argues that a society in which capital is universally accessible to all citizens uniquely meets the demands of justice. It defends a renovated form of capitalism in which the free market is no longer a threat to social democratic values, but is potentially convergent with them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter One: Rawls, Republicanism and Liberal-republicanism Chapter Two: Justice, Pareto and Equality. Chapter Three: G. A. Cohen's neo-Marxist Critique of Rawls Chapter Five: Three Forms of Republican Egalitarianism. Chapter Six: A Liberal-republican Economic System Chapter Seven: Rawls's Critique of Welfare State Capitalism. Chapter Eight: Property-owning Democracy Versus Market Socialism Chapter Nine: Towards a Pluralistic Commonwealth Chapter Ten: Classical Liberalism and Property-owning Democracy Chapter Eleven: A Realistic Utopianism? Chapter Twelve: Inequality and Globalization Conclusion: Nothing is Obvious Bibliography Notes Index ...
