Toward a Liberalism /
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 r...
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
1989.
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I Theory and Practice, Skepticism and Liberalism
- 2 Liberalism and Authority
- 3 Citizenship and Authority: A Chastened View of Citizenship
- 4 Liberalism and the Human Good of Freedom
- 5 Moderating Rights
- 6 The Theory of Rights and the Practice of Abortion
- 7 Egalitarian Blood and Skeptical Turnips
- Index