| Liberal Equality Contributor(s): Gutmann, Amy (Author) |
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ISBN: 052129665X ISBN-13: 9780521296656 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1980 Annotation: Liberal Equality restores egalitarianism to political theory in a way that will forcefully challenge its critics to deeper reflection. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 320.51 |
| LCCN: 79027258 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6" W x 9" (1.07 lbs) 332 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book makes a significant contribution to the tradition of liberal political theory: it explores the foundations and limits of the idea of equality within that theory and offers a sustained argument for a persuasive new view of liberalism. Liberal thinking has always displayed a tension between the claims of liberty and those of equality. Professor Gutmann examines the contributions of liberal theorists from Locke to Rawls on the subject of two kinds of equality - equality of opportunity to participate and the equal distribution of economic goods. Valuing both, she shows that, far from being alternatives, the two ideals are compatible to a much greater degree than has previously been thought. Liberal Equality restores egalitarianism to political theory in a way that will forcefully challenge its critics to deeper reflection. |