Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Reading Rasmussen and Den Uyl: Critical Essays on Norms of Liberty

2.5/5 ( ratings)

Douglas B. Rasmussen and Douglas J. Den Uyl's recent book Norms of Liberty: A Perfectionist Basis for Non-Perfectionist Politics is being received in philosophy and political theory as an important and original defense of liberalism. The book offers a neo-Aristotelian ethic of human flourishing as a basis for a liberal conception of human rights. One of the authors' central contentions is that a key problem for any political philosophy is how to establish a political/legal order which in principle does not require that any one person or group's well-being be given structured preference over that of any other. This companion volume, an interpretive and critical reader, features essays from both philosophers and political scientists, as well as an omnibus reply by Rasmussen and Den Uyl. Norms of Liberty makes challenging arguments about key issues, which makes a multi-disciplinary reader a valuable asset for both students and scholars. Reading Rasmussen and Den Uyl is designed both to explicate the book's arguments and to explore possible objections.

Language: English

Pages: 238

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Lexington Books

Release: June 19, 2008

ISBN: 073912692X

ISBN 13: 9780739126929

Reading Rasmussen and Den Uyl: Critical Essays on Norms of Liberty

2.5/5 ( ratings)

Douglas B. Rasmussen and Douglas J. Den Uyl's recent book Norms of Liberty: A Perfectionist Basis for Non-Perfectionist Politics is being received in philosophy and political theory as an important and original defense of liberalism. The book offers a neo-Aristotelian ethic of human flourishing as a basis for a liberal conception of human rights. One of the authors' central contentions is that a key problem for any political philosophy is how to establish a political/legal order which in principle does not require that any one person or group's well-being be given structured preference over that of any other. This companion volume, an interpretive and critical reader, features essays from both philosophers and political scientists, as well as an omnibus reply by Rasmussen and Den Uyl. Norms of Liberty makes challenging arguments about key issues, which makes a multi-disciplinary reader a valuable asset for both students and scholars. Reading Rasmussen and Den Uyl is designed both to explicate the book's arguments and to explore possible objections.

Language: English

Pages: 238

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Lexington Books

Release: June 19, 2008

ISBN: 073912692X

ISBN 13: 9780739126929

More books from Aeon J. Skoble

The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Woody Allen and Philosophy: [You Mean My Whole Fallacy Is Wrong?]

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Los superhéroes y la filosofía

3.4/5 ( ratings)

The Philosophy of the Western

3.6/5 ( ratings)

The Essential Robert Nozick (Essential Scholars)

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Deleting the State: An Argument About Government

Political Philosophy: Essential Selections

The Philosophy of TV Noir

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Rate this book!

Write a review?