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Civic Liberalism
- Reflections on Our Democratic Ideals
Engelsk Hardback
Civic Liberalism
- Reflections on Our Democratic Ideals
Engelsk Hardback

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In Civic Liberalism: Reflections on Our Democratic Ideals, prominent political theorist Thomas A. Spragens, Jr. asserts that most versions of democratic ideals—libertarianism, liberal egalitarianism, difference liberalism, and the liberalism of fear—lead our polity significantly astray. Spragens offers another alternative. He argues that we should recover the multiple and complex aspirations found within the tradition of democratic liberalism and integrate them into a more compelling public philosophy for our time—or what he calls civic liberalism. Civic liberalism, Spragens contends, endorses both liberty and equality although neither can properly be understood as a maximizing principle. Instead, liberty should be seen as the constitutive threshold good of autonomy; and equality should be seen as a moral postulate and instrumental good. Moreover, civic liberalism explicitly embraces forms of ''fraternity,'' civic friendship, and civic virtue consistent with respect for social pluralism. Therefore, a better understanding of our democratic ideals will free us from the constrictive orthodoxies of the left and right, lead us toward better public policy, and help us become a well ordered society of flourishing, self-governing civic equals.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
292
ISBN-13:
9780847696109
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0847696103
Udg. Dato:
30 sep 1999
Længde:
21mm
Bredde:
158mm
Højde:
238mm
Forlag:
Rowman & Littlefield
Oplagsdato:
30 sep 1999
Forfatter(e):
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