| Norms of Liberty: A Perfectionist Basis for Non-Perfectionist Politics | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Douglas B. Rasmussen and Douglas J. Den Uyl |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Political philosophy |
| Publisher | Penn State University Press |
| Publication date | 2005 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 380 pp |
| ISBN | 0271027010 |
| OCLC Number | 57168509 |
| Dewey Decimal | 323.44/01 22 |
| LC Classification | JC585 .R37 2005 |
Norms of Liberty: A Perfectionist Basis for Non-Perfectionist Politics is political philosophy book written by Douglas B. Rasmussen and Douglas J. Den Uyl.
Contents |
Analytic Contents
Preface
Part One: Liberalism and the Political Order
1. Liberalism in Crisis
2. Liberalism and Ethics
3. Liberalism's Past and Precendents
4. Why Individual Rights? Rights as Metanormative Principles
5. The Natural Right to Private Property
Part Two: A Deep Structure for Liberalism
6. Individualistic Perfectionism
7. Defending Individualistic Perfectionism
8. Natural Law and the Common Good
9. Self-Ownership
Part Two: Defending Liberalism
10. Communitarian and Conservative Critics
11. The Structure of the Argument for Individual Rights
12. Defending Individualistic Non-Perfectionist Politics
Epilogue: From Metanorms to Metaphysics
Index
Norms of Liberty: A Perfectionist Basis for Non-Perfectionist Politics is available in paperback under ISBN 0-271-02701-0 (University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2005).