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Social Justice in the Liberal State.
Title:
Social Justice in the Liberal State.
Author:
Ackerman, Bruce.
ISBN:
9780300158076
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (405 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part One: A NEW WORLD -- 1: THE LIBERAL STATE -- 1. The Struggle for Power -- 2. Culture and Right -- 3. Constrained Power Talk -- 4. Neutrality and Convergence -- 5. Is Liberalism Consistent? -- 6. Liberalism and Equal Respect -- 7. Finishing the Conversation -- 8. Technologies of Justice -- 9. Overview of the Argument -- 2: WEALTH -- 10. A New World -- 11. Rationality -- 12. Neutrality -- 13. The Pursuit of Happiness -- 14. The Case for Initial Equality -- 15. Conversational Presuppositions -- 16. Uniqueness -- 3: CITIZENSHIP -- 17. The Question of Citizenship -- 18. Necessary Conditions for Citizenship: Dialogic Performance -- 19. Necessary Conditions for Citizenship: Behavioral Requirements -- 20. From Necessary to Sufficient Conditions -- 21. The Citizen as Commander -- 22. Citizenship in Liberal Theory -- Part Two: JUSTICE OVER TIME -- 4: BIRTHRIGHTS -- 23. The Biography of Everyman -- 24. First and Last -- 25. Trusteeship -- 26. Genetic Manipulation -- 27. Undominated Diversity -- 28. Adoption, Abortion, Infanticide -- 29. Birth Defects -- 30. Genetic Manipulation in Liberal Theory -- 5: LIBERAL EDUCATION -- 31. Beyond Horticulture -- 32. Primary Education: The Place of the Family -- 33. Primary Education: Abuse and Neglect -- 34. The Decline of Parental Authority -- 35. Secondary Education: The Liberal Principle -- 36. The Role of the School in Liberal Theory -- 37. The Place of Education in Liberal Theory -- 6: FREE EXCHANGE -- 38. Partial Synthesis -- 39. Transactional Flexibility -- 40. Transmitter-Shields for All -- 41. Free Speech, Free Competition, Free Love -- 42. A General Theory of Initial Entitlements -- 43. The Liberal Critique of Individualist Property -- 44. The Liberal Critique of Collectivism -- 45. Liberal Solutions -- 46. Consent and Utility in Transactional Theory -- 7: TRUSTEESHIP.

47. The Question of Inheritance -- 48. Trusteeship: A Simple Model -- 49. Complexities: The Problem of Continuity -- 50. Complexities: "Irreplaceable" Resources -- 51. Population Control -- 52. Justice over Time -- Part Three: FROM IDEAL TO REALITY -- 8: EXPLOITATION -- 53. Statesmanship -- 54. Equal Sacrifice -- 55. Exploitation and Affirmative Action -- 56. Exploitation and Overall Budget Size -- 57. The Appeal to General Advantage -- 58. Capitalism, Socialism, Liberalism -- 59. Philosophical Foundations for Liberal Activism -- 9: LIBERAL DEMOCRACY -- 60. Disagreement and Tyranny -- 61. The "Pure" Problem of Good-Faith Disagreement -- 62. Civil Disobedience and the Limits of Majority Rule -- 63. Tyranny -- 64. Alternative Foundations for Liberal Democracy -- Part Four: FIRST PRINCIPLES -- 10: CONTRACT, UTILITY, NEUTRALITY -- 65. Higher Judges and the Liberal Tradition -- 66. Battle Weariness -- 67. Individual and Community in Liberal Thought -- 11: DIALOGUE -- 68. Beyond Intuitionism -- 69. Beyond Monologue -- 70. The Uses of Dialogue -- 71. The Relative Autonomy of Liberal Theory -- 72. Self-Defense -- 73. In Defense of Rationality -- 74. Individual Freedom and Social Obligation -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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