LEADER 03335nam 22006015 450 001 9910822127703321 005 20210423025747.0 010 $a1-282-75209-X 010 $a9786612752094 010 $a1-4008-2151-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400821518 035 $a(CKB)2670000000044690 035 $a(EBL)581612 035 $a(OCoLC)700688631 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000437958 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11261033 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000437958 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10451810 035 $a(PQKB)10270150 035 $a(DE-B1597)446127 035 $a(OCoLC)979623521 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400821518 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC581612 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000044690 100 $a20190708d1996 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Idea of a Liberal Theory $eA Critique and Reconstruction /$fDavid Johnston 205 $aCourse Book 210 1$aPrinceton, NJ :$cPrinceton University Press,$d[1996] 210 4$dİ1994 215 $a1 online resource (215 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-691-02913-X 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface and Acknowledgments --$tINTRODUCTION --$tCHAPTER ONE. Political Theory and Liberal Values --$tCHAPTER TWO. Rights-Based Liberalism --$tCHAPTER THREE. Perfectionist Liberalism --$tCHAPTER FOUR. Political Liberalism --$tCHAPTER FIVE. Humanist Liberalism --$tCONCLUSION --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aLiberalism, 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. 606 $aLiberalism and centre democratic ideologies 606 $aLiberalism 606 $aPolitical science and theory 615 4$aLiberalism and centre democratic ideologies. 615 4$aLiberalism. 615 4$aPolitical science and theory. 676 $a320.5 700 $aJohnston$b David$0529126 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822127703321 996 $aThe Idea of a Liberal Theory$94088318 997 $aUNINA