عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
JC574 .K44 1997
JC574
.
K44
1997
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0801431719
(Number (ISBN
0801433614
(Number (ISBN
080148278X
(Number (ISBN
0801484006
(Number (ISBN
9780801431715
(Number (ISBN
9780801433610
(Number (ISBN
9780801482786
(Number (ISBN
9780801484001
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b746639
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Against liberalism /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
John Kekes.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Ithaca :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cornell University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1997.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xi, 244 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-239) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1. What Is Liberalism? -- 2. The Prevalence of Evil -- 3. Individual Responsibility -- 4. Collective Responsibility -- 5. The Errors of Egalitarianism -- 6. Justice and Desert -- 7. Justice without the Liberal Faith -- 8. Pluralism versus Liberalism -- 9. The Sentimentalism of Benevolence -- 10. What Is Wrong with Liberalism?
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Kekes argues further that the liberal conceptions of equality, justice, and pluralism require treating good and evil people with equal respect, distributing resources without regard to what recipients deserve, and restricting choices to those that conform to liberal preconceptions. All these policies are detrimental to good lives. Kekes concludes that liberalism cannot cope with the prevalence of evil, that it is vitiated by inconsistent commitments, and that - contrary to its aim - liberalism is an obstacle to good lives.
Text of Note
Liberalism is doomed to failure, John Kekes argues in this penetrating criticism of its basic assumptions. Liberals favor individual autonomy, a wide plurality of choices, and equal rights and resources, seeing them as essential for good lives. They oppose such evils as selfishness, intolerance, cruelty, and greed. Yet the more autonomy, equality, and pluralism there is, Kekes contends, the greater is the scope for evil. According to Kekes, liberalism is inconsistent because the conditions liberals regard as essential for good lives actually foster the very evils liberals want to avoid, and avoiding those evils depends on conditions contrary to the ones liberals favor.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Against liberalism.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Liberalism-- Moral and ethical aspects.
Liberalism.
Libéralisme-- Aspect moral.
Libéralisme.
Liberalism-- Moral and ethical aspects.
Liberalism.
Liberalisme.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
320
.
5/1
Edition
20
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
JC574
Book number
.
K44
1997
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
89
.
12
System Code
bcl
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Kekes, John.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201204064622.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
