Liberal Virtues : Citizenship, Virtue, and Community in Liberal
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0198275560
ISBN-13
9780198275565
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Clarendon Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 5th, 1990
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
530 grams
Dimensions
21.80 x 14.30 x 2.30 cms
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Liberalism & centre democratic ideologiesConstitution: government & the state
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A critical interpretation and original defence of the great tradition of individual freedom associated with John Locke and the founders of the American republic.
Liberal democracy is often defended because it secures freedom, order, and prosperity. Without slighting these solid achievements, Liberal Virtues responds to those who worry that the theory and practice of free self-government neglect the importance of community and citizen virtues. Professor Macedo offers a critical interpretation and original defence of the great tradition of individual freedom associated with John Locke and the founders of the American republic. At the moral core of the theory and practice of the rule of law and liberal constitutionalism lies a commitment to public reasonableness: politics is an exercise in reason-giving and not the assertion of raw power. The author defends a theory of public justification, and explains how the legal and political institutions of liberal democracy embody a collective commitment to reasonableness. He concludes by considering the types of personality and society associated with life in a pluralistic, open, and tolerant liberal society.
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