Liberalism In Practice

Author : David McCabe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139484022

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Modus Vivendi Liberalism by David McCabe Pdf

A central task in contemporary political philosophy is to identify principles governing political life where citizens disagree deeply on important questions of value and, more generally, about the proper ends of life. The distinctively liberal response to this challenge insists that the state should as far as possible avoid relying on such contested issues in its basic structure and deliberations. David McCabe critically surveys influential defenses of the liberal solution and advocates modus vivendi liberalism as an alternative defense of the liberal state. Acknowledging that the modus vivendi approach does not provide the deep moral consensus that many liberals demand, he defends the liberal state as an acceptable compromise among citizens who will continue to see it as less than ideal. His book will interest a wide range of readers in political philosophy and political theory.

Author : Dan Avnon,Avner De-Shalit
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134650835

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Liberalism and its Practice by Dan Avnon,Avner De-Shalit Pdf

Liberalism and its Practice brings together leading authorities who provide an excellent insight into the meaning and practice of liberalism. This book explores current debates surrounding liberalism at the end of the twentieth century and what it has to offer in practice. Its focus is two of liberalism's greatest emerging challenges: multiculturalism and states struggling with the transition to democracy. It considers considers the significant tensions that these pressures bring to liberal frameworks and asks what the viable alternatives are.

Author : Michael Freeden
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199670437

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Liberalism by Michael Freeden Pdf

Michael Freeden explores the concept of liberalism, one of the longest-standing and central political theories and ideologies. Combining a variety of approaches, he distinguishes between liberalism as a political movement, as a system of ideas, and as a series of ethical and philosophical principles.

Author : B. Jahn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137348432

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Liberal Internationalism by B. Jahn Pdf

This study provides an original conception of liberalism that accounts for its internal contradictions and explains the current crisis of liberal internationalism. Examining the disjuncture between liberal theory and practice, it offers a firmer grasp on the historical role of liberalism in world politics.

Author : Richard Flathman
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781501726279

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Toward a Liberalism by Richard Flathman Pdf

In Toward a Liberalism, Richard Flathman shows why and how political theory can contribute to the quality of moral and political practice without violating, as empiricist- and idealist-based theories tend to do, liberal commitments to individuality and plurality. Exploring the tense but inevitable relationship between liberalism and authority, he advances a theory of democratic citizenship tempered by appreciation of the ways in which citizenship is implicated with and augments authority. Flathman examines the relationship of individual rights to freedom on one hand and to authority and power on the other, rejecting the quest for a single homogenous and authoritative liberal theory.

Author : John Charvet
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351111010

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Liberalism by John Charvet Pdf

Liberalism: The Basics is an engaging and accessible introduction to liberalism. The author provides a comprehensive overview of liberal practices, liberal values and critically analyses liberal theories, allowing for a richer understanding of liberalism as a whole. The book is divided into three parts: Liberal practices: the rule of law, free speech, freedom of association and movement, economic freedom and sexual freedom. Liberal values: freedom, autonomy, equality, and the universal values of political societies – the communal identity – and well-being of their members. Liberal theories: natural rights, utilitarianism, Kant's rationalism and the contemporary theories of John Rawls and the post-Rawlsians. Presented in a clear and concise way, this book will be an ideal introduction for students and scholars of liberalism, political philosophy, political theory and political ideology.

Author : William A. Galston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521549639

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The Practice of Liberal Pluralism by William A. Galston Pdf

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Author : Olivia Newman
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262028790

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Liberalism in Practice by Olivia Newman Pdf

An argument that draws on empirical findings in psychology to offer a blueprint for cultivating a widespread commitment to public reason. At the core of liberal theory is the idea—found in thinkers from Hobbes to Rawls—that the consent of the governed is key to establishing political legitimacy. But in a diverse liberal polity like the United States, disagreement runs deep, and a segment of the population will simply regard the regime as illegitimate. In Liberalism in Practice, Olivia Newman argues that if citizens were to approach politics in the spirit of public reason, couching arguments in terms that others can reasonably accept, institutional and political legitimacy would be enhanced. Liberal theory has relied on the assumption of a unified self, that individuals are unified around a single set of goals, beliefs, attitudes, and aptitudes. Drawing on empirical findings in psychology, Newman argues instead that we are complex creatures whose dispositions and traits develop differently in different domains; we hold different moral commitments in different parts of our lives. She argues further that this domain differentiation allows us to be good liberal citizens in the public domain while remaining true to private commitments and beliefs in other domains. Newman proposes that educational and institutional arrangements can use this capacity for differentiation to teach public reason without overwhelming conflicting commitments. The psychology and pedagogy of public reason proposed by Newman move beyond John Rawls's strictly political liberalism toward what Newman terms practical liberalism. Although we cannot resolve every philosophical problem bedeviling theories of liberalism, we can enjoy the myriad benefits of liberalism in practice.

Author : Richard Flathman
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501724091

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Willful Liberalism by Richard Flathman Pdf

In this book Richard E. Flathman argues vigorously for a new understanding of the proper place of voluntarism, individuality, and plurality in the political and moral theory of liberalism. Giving close and sympathetic attention to thinkers who are seldom considered in debates about liberalism, he draws upon thinking within and outside the liberal canon to articulate a refashioned liberalism that gives a more secure prominence to plurality and a robust individuality. Flathman focuses on political philosophers whose work deals with willfulness and the will in human practice. He is concerned with the thinking of such nominalist medieval theologians as John Duns Scotus and William of Ockham; of Hobbes; and of Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, and William James. He also explores the writings of such contemporary philosophical psychologists as Brian O'Shaughnessy and, in particular, Wittgenstein, and of such twentiethcentury political theorists as Isaiah Berlin, John Rawls, Hannah Arendt, and especially Michael Oakeshott. Appropriating ideas from widely disapproved thinkers and from theological sources commonly thought to be incompatible with liberalism, he formulates what is in many ways a strongly personal statement, one that is unorthodox and potentially disturbing. Sharply controversial, Willful Liberalism is certain to enliven and invigorate political and moral debate, and it may well help to revive liberalism as the dominant public philosophy of our culture, setting it on a new and better course.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Canada
ISBN : OCLC:877117729

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Principles and Practice [of Liberalism and the Liberal Party of Canada]. by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Charvet,Elisa Kaczynska-Nay
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780521883146

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The Liberal Project and Human Rights by John Charvet,Elisa Kaczynska-Nay Pdf

Shows how the UN regime on human rights has transformed national and international society in accordance with liberal values.

Author : Patrick J. Deneen
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300240023

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Why Liberalism Failed by Patrick J. Deneen Pdf

"One of the most important political books of 2018."—Rod Dreher, American Conservative Of the three dominant ideologies of the twentieth century—fascism, communism, and liberalism—only the last remains. This has created a peculiar situation in which liberalism’s proponents tend to forget that it is an ideology and not the natural end-state of human political evolution. As Patrick Deneen argues in this provocative book, liberalism is built on a foundation of contradictions: it trumpets equal rights while fostering incomparable material inequality; its legitimacy rests on consent, yet it discourages civic commitments in favor of privatism; and in its pursuit of individual autonomy, it has given rise to the most far-reaching, comprehensive state system in human history. Here, Deneen offers an astringent warning that the centripetal forces now at work on our political culture are not superficial flaws but inherent features of a system whose success is generating its own failure.

Author : Alan Cromartie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317556572

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Liberal Wars by Alan Cromartie Pdf

This book addresses the relationship between the 'liberal' values of Anglo-Saxon cultures and the way that they conduct themselves when they are fighting - or preparing to fight - wars. The United States and the United Kingdom are characterised by a consensus that their social and political arrangements are, in a very broad sense, ‘liberal’. Liberalism is not pacifism; nor are liberals necessarily respectful of traditional prohibitions that have set out to moderate excessive violence. But liberals do seek to understand their violent actions as part of a wider project of defending or expanding liberal freedoms. The perceived alternative is to undermine the will to keep on fighting. Sustaining a liberal picture of what is going on is an indispensable part of a liberal strategy. Contributors with disciplinary backgrounds in history, international relations, and strategic studies discuss what ‘liberalism’ means in this particular context and how it might relate to ‘strategy’, both in the recent past and in the future. The chapters consider how liberal states understand the wars they fight, the constraints liberal values place on these states, the role of public opinion and the appropriate strategies for modern liberal states. Topics addressed include civilian bombing, the nature of US military culture, the British ‘Iraq inquiries’, the effects of the erosion of Westphalian sovereignty and the rise of new ideas about ‘globalization’, and the decline in popular involvement. This book will be of much interest to students of strategic studies, political philosophy, foreign policy, security studies and IR in general.

Author : Edward Adams
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813931500

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Liberal Epic by Edward Adams Pdf

In Liberal Epic, Edward Adams examines the liberal imagination’s centuries-long dependence on contradictory, and mutually constitutive, attitudes toward violent domination. Adams centers his ambitious analysis on a series of major epic poems, histories, and historical novels, including Dryden’s Aeneid, Pope’s Iliad, Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Byron’s Don Juan, Scott’s Life of Napoleon, Napier’s History of the War in the Peninsula, Macaulay’s History of England, Hardy’s Dynasts, and Churchill’s military histories—works that rank among the most important publishing events of the past three centuries yet that have seldom received critical attention relative to their importance. In recovering these neglected works and gathering them together as part of a self-conscious literary tradition here defined as liberal epic, Adams provides an archaeology that sheds light on contemporary issues such as the relation of liberalism to war, the tactics for sanitizing heroism, and the appeal of violence to supposedly humane readers. Victorian Literature and Culture Series

Author : Paul J. Weithman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015041067128

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Religion and Contemporary Liberalism by Paul J. Weithman Pdf

This collection of papers makes a step towards increased dialogue among philosophical liberals and their theological, sociological and legal critics. The text should be significant for those concerned with the place of religion within a liberal society.