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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816319903321

Autore

Ackerman Bruce A

Titolo

Social justice in the liberal state / / Bruce A. Ackerman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , 1980

ISBN

0-300-15807-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (405 p.)

Disciplina

323.4

Soggetti

Justice

Liberalism

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1: THE LIBERAL STATE -- 2: WEALTH -- 3: CITIZENSHIP -- 4: BIRTHRIGHTS -- 5: LIBERAL EDUCATION -- 6: FREE EXCHANGE -- 8: EXPLOITATION -- 9: LIBERAL DEMOCRACY -- 10: CONTRACT, UTILITY, NEUTRALITY -- 11: DIALOGUE -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Certain to become the most important work in political theory since John Rawls's A Theory of Justice, this book presents a brilliantly original, compelling vision of a just society-a world in which each of us may live his own life in his own way without denying the same right to others. Full of provocative discussions of issues ranging from education to abortion, it makes fascinating reading for anyone concerned with the future of the liberal democratic state.