Liberal Equality by Amy Gutmann
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.Laurance S. Gutmann is Amy Gutmann. Princeton University's Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and Director of the University Center for Human Values.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521296656 |
| ISBN 10 | 052129665X |
| Title | Liberal Equality |
| Author | Amy Gutmann |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1980-09-30 |
| Number of pages | 332 |
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