Debating democracy's discontent [[electronic resource] ] : essays on American politics, law, and public philosophy / / edited by Anita L. Allen and Milton C. Regan, Jr

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455746203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998
• ISBN: 0-19-159870-4; 1-281-97071-9; 9786611970710; 0-19-152236-8; 0-585-12934-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (408 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): AllenAnita L. <1953->; ReganMilton C
• Disciplina: 320.973
• Soggetti: Democracy - United States; Liberalism - United States; Civil rights - United States; Citizenship - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-377) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Introduction: The Quest for a Post-Liberal Public Philosophy""; ""I. Reviving Civic Virtue""; ""1. The Retrieval of Civic Virtue: A Critical Appreciation of Sandel's Democracy's Discontent""; ""2. Virtue en Masse""; ""3. Reworking Sandel's Republicanism""; ""II. Toward an American Public Philosophy""; ""4. Political Economy and the Politics of Virtue: US Public Philosophy at Century's End""; ""5. The Encumbered American Self""; ""6. A Public Philosophy for the Professional-Managerial Class""; ""7. Notes of a Jewish Episcopalian: Gender as a Language of Class Religion as a Dialect of Liberalism""; ""III. Liberal Republicanism""; ""8. A Defense of Minimalist Liberalism""; ""9. Michael Sandel and Richard Rorty: Two Models of the Republic""; ""10. Liberal Egalitarianism and Civic Republicanism: Friends or Enemies?""; ""11. Moral Status and the ; Status of Morality in Political Liberalism ""; ""12. Sandel's Liberal Politics""; ""IV. Living with Difference""; ""13. Michael Sandal's America""; ""14. Moral Dialogues: A Communitarian Core Element""; ""15. Can This Republic Be Saved?""; ""16. Civic Republicanism and Civic Pluralism: The Silent Struggle of Michael Sandel""""17. Living with Difference""; ""V. Law, Morals, and Private Lives""; ""18. Unencumbered Individuals and Embedded Selves: Reasons to Resist Dichotomous Thinking in Family Law""; ""19. The Right of Privacy in Sandel's Procedural Republic""; ""20. Gay Marriage and Liberal Constitutionalism: Two Mistakes""; ""VI. Self-Government and Democratic Discontent""; ""21. Fusion Republicanism""; ""22. Corporate Speech and Civic Virtue""; ""23. Federalism as a Cure for Democracy's Discontent?""; ""VII. A Reply to His Critics""""24. Reply to Critics""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z""
• Sommario/riassunto: Here, leading political and legal theorists debate Michael Sandel's thesis Democracy's Discontent. It is a wide-ranging discussion spanning constitutional law, culture, and political economy.