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Zusatztext Lomasky is one of the foremost and thoughtful libertarian (or classical liberal) thinkers today. His thinking is relatively free of dogmatism and is marked by a genuine effort to acknowledge the complexity of the issues of social and political order, including such questions as how a society should deal with externalities and the problem of rectifying or at least responding to historical injustices, types of issues often ignored by those who write in this tradition This text is a collection of important essays that he has published over the past 30 years on a wide range of topics. His work will primarily be of interest to scholars and graduate students in political theory and philosophy, but it is exceptionally well written and accessible to educated readers more generally. It also engages ongoing and vital political issues, often offering a new and challenging perspective. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Informationen zum Autor Loren Lomasky is Cory Professor of Political Philosophy, Policy & Law at the University of Virginia, where he directs the PPL program. Klappentext These provocative and eminently readable essays from Loren Lomasky-fifteen previously published and one new-feature in-depth examinations of central questions in the theory of natural rights and liberal political order. Unlike most philosophical investigations, Rights Angles emphasizes how principles of justice apply under messy real-world conditions. Zusammenfassung These provocative and eminently readable essays from Loren Lomasky-fifteen previously published and one new-feature in-depth examinations of central questions in the theory of natural rights and liberal political order. Unlike most philosophical investigations, Rights Angles emphasizes how principles of justice apply under messy real-world conditions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Everything Old is New Again: The Death and Rebirth of Classical Liberal Philosophy 2. A Refutation of Utilitarianism 3. Personal Projects as the foundation for Basic Rights 4. The Matrix of Contractarian Justice (w. James Buchanan) 5. Rights Without Stilts 6. Compensation and the Bounds of Rights 7. Justice to Charity 8. Liberty and Welfare Goods: Reflections on Clashing Liberalisms 9. Toward a Liberal Theory of National Boundaries 10. Nozick's Libertarian Utopia 11. Classical Liberalism and Civil Society 12. Libertarianism at Twin Harvard, 13. Against Reviving Republicanism (w. Geoffrey Brennan) 14. Liberalism Across Borders 15. Paradox of Association 16. Contract, Covenant, Constitution Index ...
