1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910417160403321

Titolo

Mercato, diritti e consumi : la tutela del turista consumatore / a cura di Fabio Roversi-Monaco e Marcella Gola

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bologna, : Bononia university press, c2008

ISBN

978-88-7395-362-3

Descrizione fisica

340 p. ; 17 cm

Disciplina

343.4507891

Locazione

FSPBC

Collocazione

I H 62

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

In cop.: SP.I.SA. Scuola di specializzazione in studi sull'amministrazione pubblica Università di Bologna, IPI Istituto per la promozione industriale, CNCU Consiglio nazionale dei consumatori e degli utenti

Sul dorso: XXXIII



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910822127703321

Autore

Johnston David

Titolo

The Idea of a Liberal Theory : A Critique and Reconstruction / / David Johnston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [1996]

©1994

ISBN

1-282-75209-X

9786612752094

1-4008-2151-7

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Disciplina

320.5

Soggetti

Liberalism and centre democratic ideologies

Liberalism

Political science and theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE. Political Theory and Liberal Values -- CHAPTER TWO. Rights-Based Liberalism -- CHAPTER THREE. Perfectionist Liberalism -- CHAPTER FOUR. Political Liberalism -- CHAPTER FIVE. Humanist Liberalism -- CONCLUSION -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Liberalism, the founding philosophy of many constitutional democracies, has been criticized in recent years from both the left and the right for placing too much faith in individual rights and distributive justice. In this book, David Johnston argues for a reinterpretation of liberal principles he contends will restore liberalism to a position of intellectual leadership from which it can guide political and social reforms. He begins by surveying the three major contemporary schools of liberal political thought--rights-based, perfectionist, and political liberalism--and, by weeding out their weaknesses, sketches a new approach he calls humanist liberalism. The core of Johnston's humanist liberalism is the claim that the purpose of political and social arrangements should be to empower individuals to be effective agents.



Drawing on and modifying the theories of John Rawls, Michael Walzer, Ronald Dworkin, Joseph Raz, Amartya Sen, and others, Johnston explains how this purpose can be realized in a world in which human beings hold fundamentally different conceptions of the ends of life. His humanist liberalism responds constructively to feminist, neo-Marxist, and other criticisms while remaining faithful to the core values of the liberal tradition.