| Contents |
What kind of liberalism? -- The argument from autonomy -- Paternalism and perfectionism -- Justification and legitimacy -- A question internal to liberal theory -- the role of an overlapping consensus -- Disagreement and asymmetry -- Truth and scepticism -- The scope and structure of public reason -- Unreasonable citizens. |
| Summary |
'Liberalism Without Perfection' offers an introduction to the debate between liberal perfectionism and political liberalism. This book is an account and defence of Rawlsian political liberalism, one of the most discussed, but widely misunderstood and criticized theories in contemporary political theory. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [318]-324) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Quong, Jonathan, 1977- Liberalism without perfection. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011 9780199594870 |
| LCCN | 2010935061 |
| ISBN | 9780199594870 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0199594872 (hardback) |
| Standard identifier# |
100549135 |
