Liberalism and pluralism [electronic resource] : the politics of e pluribus unum / Craig L. Carr.

This book expands the idea of practical liberalism by exploring how a theory of civil association premised upon prudential argument can remain stable through time. The work explores the relation between politics and morality and crafts a theory of social justice that can command the attention of all...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Carr, Craig L., 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Politics, morality, and pluralism
  • Liberal morality and political legitimacy
  • Political legitimacy and social justice
  • Williams's concept of the political
  • Legitimacy, stability, and morality
  • The politics of morality
  • A moral point of view
  • Manners and morality
  • Morality and conflict
  • Moral conflict and political theory
  • The morality of politics
  • Feminism and multiculturalism
  • A defense of culture
  • Politics and normative conflict
  • The political as moral viewpoint
  • Morality and politics: a review
  • Political unity and pluralism
  • The liberal archipelago
  • Loose linkage and political legitimacy
  • Political unity and the body politic
  • Social justice and political unity
  • The bonds of civility
  • Nationhood and the liberal polity
  • The nature of nationhood
  • Pluralism and nationalism
  • Civic nationalism and social justice
  • Deliberative democracy and the liberal polity
  • Liberalism and democracy
  • Democracy and deliberative discourse
  • The terms of deliberative discourse
  • Normative discourse and political legitimacy
  • Deliberative democracy and intragroup politics
  • Group autonomy and intergroup discourse
  • Politics, history, and reason
  • Principle and justice in the liberal polity
  • Liberal institutions and liberal ideals
  • Stopping history
  • Rationalism and politics.