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Format: 1 online resource (248 p.)

ISBN: 9780271031040

Content: The ";comprehensive liberalism"; defended in this book offers an alternative to the narrower ";political liberalism"; associated with the writings of John Rawls. By arguing against making tolerance as fundamental a value as individual autonomy, and extending the reach of liberalism to global society, it opens the way for dealing more adequately with problems of human rights and economic inequality in a world of cultural pluralism.

Note: Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , Acknowledgments -- , Preface -- , 1 Introduction -- , 2 Rawls’s Law of Peoples -- , 3 Toleration and Diversity -- , 4 Individual Rights and State Sovereignty -- , 5 The Rights of Peoples -- , 6 The Problem of Oppressive Cultures -- , 7 Justice and Equality -- , 8 From Theory to Practice -- , Bibliography -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780271031040

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780271031040

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Format: 1 online resource (xii, 233 pages)

ISBN: 0-271-03104-2

Content: The ";comprehensive liberalism"; defended in this book offers an alternative to the narrower ";political liberalism"; associated with the writings of John Rawls. By arguing against making tolerance as fundamental a value as individual autonomy, and extending the reach of liberalism to global society, it opens the way for dealing more adequately with problems of human rights and economic inequality in a world of cultural pluralism.

Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , Acknowledgments -- , Preface -- , 1 Introduction -- , 2 Rawls’s Law of Peoples -- , 3 Toleration and Diversity -- , 4 Individual Rights and State Sovereignty -- , 5 The Rights of Peoples -- , 6 The Problem of Oppressive Cultures -- , 7 Justice and Equality -- , 8 From Theory to Practice -- , Bibliography -- , Index , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-271-02067-9

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780271031040