Liberals and communitarians

Authors:Stephen Mulhall, Adam Swift

Summary:With an account of Rawls's "A Theory of Justice", this book gives presentations of the work of the main communitarians: Michael Sandel, Alisdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor and Michael Walzer. With an agenda of themes and issues, it should be a useful aid to students of contemporary political theory.

Print Book, English, 1997, 1996

Edition:2nd ed View all formats and editions

Publisher: Blackwell, Oxford, 1997, 1996

Physical Description:xxii, 363 pages ; 23 cm

ISBN:

9780631198192, 0631198199

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:233529257

Subjects:

Rawls, John, 1921-2002

Theory of justice (Rawls, John)

liberalism

Contents:

Preface to Second Edition. Preface to First Edition. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction: Rawls's Original Position. Part I: Communitarian Critiques:. Introduction. 1. Sandel: The Limits of Liberalism. 2. MacIntyre: Morality After Virtue. 3. Taylor: The Sources of the Liberal Self. 4. Walzer: Justice and Abstraction. Concluding Summary. Part II: Rawls's Response. 5. Rawls's Political Liberalism. 6. Political Liberalism and the Communitarian Critique. 7. Political Liberalism: Political or Comprehensive?. Part III: Liberalism, Politics and Neutrality. 8. Rorty: Liberalism Without Foundations. 9. Dworkin: Philosophical Foundations for State Neutrality. 10. Raz: The Politics of Perfection. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.