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(Marquette University, Wisconsin)
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 280 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 229x152x15 mm, kaal: 380 g, Worked examples or Exercises
  • Ilmumisaeg: 31-Jul-2009
  • Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0521140609
  • ISBN-13: 9780521140607
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 280 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 229x152x15 mm, kaal: 380 g, Worked examples or Exercises
  • Ilmumisaeg: 31-Jul-2009
  • Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0521140609
  • ISBN-13: 9780521140607
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Liberal 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.

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"Wolfe's writing is often spirited, consistently incisive, and unfailingly clear. He does not stoop to caricature, is uninterested in partisan wrangling, and confines his argument to the most important issues and problems of the day. Like the interlocutors he criticizes, Wolfe is primarily interested in the future health of liberalism, and he treats those with whome he disagrees with the kind of carefulness and seriousness that bespeaks genuine respect. Although he often expresses appreciation for thir efforts and the concerns that underlie them, he does not dilute his criticisms and is frank in pointing to their failures. The result is a bracing engagement that is refreshingly direct without being combative." - Aristide Tessitore, Furman University Perspectives on Politics "This book is a necessary beginning for conversation over 'natural law liberalism.'" Choice

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This book argues that liberal political philosophy and natural law theory are not contradictory, but - properly understood - mutually reinforcing.
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1(8)
PART I: CONTEMPORARY LIBERALISM
Contemporary Liberal Exclusionism I: John Rawls's Antiperfectionist Liberalism
9(15)
Rawls's Political Liberalism
10(4)
The Inadequacy of Rawlsian Liberalism
14(10)
Contemporary Liberal Exclusionism II: Rawls, Macedo, and ``Neutral'' Liberal Public Reason
24(20)
Macedo's Rawlsian Public Reason
28(1)
Some Basic Problems With Public Reason
29(2)
Macedo's Critique of Natural Law
31(2)
Slavery and Abortion
33(4)
Public Reason as Argumentative Sleight-of-Hand
37(4)
Public Reason and Religion
41(2)
Conclusion
43(1)
Contemporary Liberal Exclusionism III: Gutmann and Thompson on ``Reciprocity''
44(13)
The Condition of Reciprocity
44(2)
Why Liberal Reciprocity Is Unreasonable
46(11)
Contemporary Liberalism and Autonomy I: Ronald Dworkin on Paternalism
57(25)
Volitional and Critical Interests
58(1)
Paternalism
59(1)
Additive and Constitutive Views of the Good Life
60(2)
Critique of Various Forms of Paternalism
62(5)
A ``Paternalist'' Response
67(13)
Conclusion
80(2)
Contemporary Liberalism and Autonomy II: Joseph Raz on Trust and Citizenship
82(18)
Coercion
83(1)
Trust
84(5)
Trust and Citizenship
89(2)
Problems With Raz's Citizenship
91(1)
Citizenship, Self-Respect, and Mutual Respect
92(4)
Liberal Tyranny
96(1)
Conclusion
97(3)
``Offensive Liberalism'': Macedo and ``Liberal'' Education
100(31)
Diversity and Distrust
101(3)
Distrusting Diversity and Distrust
104(21)
Conclusion
125(6)
PART II: LIBERALISM AND NATURAL LAW
Understanding Liberalism: A Broader Vision
131(21)
Understandings of Liberalism
131(3)
A Brief History of Liberalism
134(10)
Core Principles of Liberalism
144(2)
Tendencies of Liberalism
146(2)
Defining Liberalism Too Broadly?
148(4)
Understanding Natural Law
152(33)
A Brief History of Natural Law
152(12)
Levels of Natural Law
164(5)
Contemporary Natural Law Debates: The ``New Natural Law Theory''
169(5)
Core Agreement on Natural Law
174(2)
Classical Natural Law and Liberty
176(9)
Liberalism and Natural Law
185(32)
The Truth Natural Law Sees in Liberalism
185(20)
What Liberalism Often Fails to See
205(9)
Reconciling Natural Law and Liberalism: Why Does It Matter?
214(3)
``Cashing Out'' Natural Law Liberalism: The Case of Religious Liberty
217(31)
Preliminary Note on ``Religion''
217(3)
Natural Law and Religion
220(6)
Natural Law, the Common Good, and Religion
226(12)
Principled vs. Prudential Arguments for a Broad Scope of Religious Liberty
238(10)
A Natural Law Public Philosophy
248(11)
The Foundational Principle: The Dignity of the Human Person
248(1)
The Origins and End of Government: The Common Good
249(1)
The Legitimate Scope of Government: Limited Government
249(1)
Political Authority
250(1)
Citizenship
251(1)
Political and Personal Rights of Citizens and Persons
251(1)
Relationship of the Political Community to Other Communities: Civil Society
251(1)
The Economic System and the Rights and Duties of Property
252(1)
Education
253(1)
Culture and Entertainment
253(1)
The Shared Understanding of the Community Regarding Its History
254(1)
Relationship of the Nation to Other Peoples and the World
254(1)
Relationship of the Polity to the Transcendent Order
255(1)
Conclusion
256(3)
Index 259
Christopher Wolfe is Professor of Political Science at Marquette University. He received his PhD from Boston College and has been teaching at Marquette University since 1978. His published books include The Rise of Modern Judicial Review (1986), Judicial Activism (1991), How to Read the Constitution (1996), Liberalism at the Crossroads (1994), and Natural Law and Public Reason (2000). His edited volumes include That Eminent Tribunal (2004), The Family, Civil Society, and the State (1998), Homosexuality and American Public Life (1999), and Same-Sex Matters (2000). Dr Wolfe has published articles in First Things, book reviews, and various opinion pieces. He is the founder and President of the American Public Philosophy Institute.