{"product_id":"natural-law-liberalism-hardback-9780521842785","title":"Natural Law Liberalism (Hardback) 9780521842785","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNatural Law Liberalism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book argues that liberal political philosophy and natural law theory are not contradictory, but - properly understood - mutually reinforcing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristopher Wolfe (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521842785, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 August 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.55 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This book is a necessary beginning for conversation over 'natural law liberalism.'\" –Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLiberal political philosophy and natural law theory are not contradictory, but - properly understood - mutually reinforcing. Contemporary liberalism (as represented by Rawls, Guttman and Thompson, Dworkin, Raz, and Macedo) rejects natural law and seeks to diminish its historical contribution to the liberal political tradition, but it is only one, defective variant of liberalism. A careful analysis of the history of liberalism, identifying its core principles, and a similar examination of classical natural law theory (as represented by Thomas Aquinas and his intellectual descendants), show that a natural law liberalism is possible and desirable. Natural law theory embraces the key principles of liberalism, and it also provides balance in resisting some of its problematic tendencies. Natural law liberalism is the soundest basis for American public philosophy, and it is a potentially more attractive and persuasive form of liberalism for nations that have tended to resist it.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Contemporary Liberalism: 1. Contemporary liberal exclusionism I: John Rawls's antiperfectionist liberalism\u003cbr\u003e 2. Contemporary liberal exclusionism II: Rawls, Macedo, and 'Neutral' Liberal Public Reason\u003cbr\u003e 3. Contemporary liberal exclusionism III: Gutmann and Thompson on 'Reciprocity'\u003cbr\u003e 4. Contemporary liberalism and autonomy I: Ronald Dworkin on Paternalism\u003cbr\u003e 5. Contemporary liberalism and autonomy II: Joseph Raz on trust and citizenship\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'Offensive liberalism': Macedo and 'liberal education'\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Liberalism and Natural Law: 7. Understanding liberalism: a broader vision\u003cbr\u003e 8. Understanding natural law\u003cbr\u003e 9. Liberalism and natural law\u003cbr\u003e 10. 'Cashing out' natural law liberalism: the case of religious liberty\u003cbr\u003e 11. A natural law public philosophy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political science \u0026amp; theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political science \u0026amp; theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20science%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20%5BJPA%5D%22\"\u003eJPA\u003c\/a\u003e], History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265226035480,"sku":"9780521842785","price":91.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521842785i.jpg?v=1692020769","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/natural-law-liberalism-hardback-9780521842785","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}