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Liberalism and the Limits of Justice
Michael J. Sandel
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Paperback. Sandel traces the limits of liberalism to the conception of the person that underlies it, and argues for a deeper understanding of community than liberalism allows. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392. 252 pages. Sandel traces the limits of liberalism to the conception of the person that underlies it, and argues for a deeper understanding of community than liberalism allows. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 16. Weight: 396.
A liberal society seeks not to impose a single way of life, but to leave its citizens as free as possible to choose their own values and ends. It therefore must govern by principles of justice that do not presuppose any particular vision of the good life. But can any such principles be found? And if not, what are the consequences for justice as a moral and political ideal? These are the questions Michael Sandel takes up in this penetrating critique of contemporary liberalism. Sandel locates modern liberalism in the tradition of Kant, and focuses on its most influential recent ... Read more
A liberal society seeks not to impose a single way of life, but to leave its citizens as free as possible to choose their own values and ends. It therefore must govern by principles of justice that do not presuppose any particular vision of the good life. But can any such principles be found? And if not, what are the consequences for justice as a moral and political ideal? These are the questions Michael Sandel takes up in this penetrating critique of contemporary liberalism. Sandel locates modern liberalism in the tradition of Kant, and focuses on its most influential recent ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
252
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521567411
SKU
V9780521567411
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Reviews for Liberalism and the Limits of Justice
'His is a new and authentic philosophical voice … Michael Sandel's elegantly argued book … describes what I take to be the reality of moral experience.' Michael Walzer, The New Republic