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With an account of Rawls's A Theory of Justice, this book gives presentations of the work of the main communitarians: Michael Sandel, Alisdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor and Michael Walzer. With an agenda of themes and issues, it should be a useful aid to students of contemporary political theory.

Table of Contents
Preface to Second Edition.

Preface to First Edition.

Acknowledgements.

Abbreviations.

Introduction: Rawls's Original Position.

Part I: Communitarian Critiques:.

Introduction.

1. Sandel: The Limits of Liberalism.

2. MacIntyre: Morality After Virtue.

3. Taylor: The Sources of the Liberal Self.

4. Walzer: Justice and Abstraction.

Concluding Summary.

Part II: Rawls's Response.

5. Rawls's Political Liberalism.

6. Political Liberalism and the Communitarian Critique.

7. Political Liberalism: Political or Comprehensive?.

Part III: Liberalism, Politics and Neutrality.

8. Rorty: Liberalism Without Foundations.

9. Dworkin: Philosophical Foundations for State Neutrality.

10. Raz: The Politics of Perfection.

Conclusion.

Bibliography.

Index.

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 09/03/1996
      ISBN13: 9780631198192, 978-0631198192
      ISBN10: 0631198199
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      With an account of Rawls's A Theory of Justice, this book gives presentations of the work of the main communitarians: Michael Sandel, Alisdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor and Michael Walzer. With an agenda of themes and issues, it should be a useful aid to students of contemporary political theory.

      Table of Contents
      Preface to Second Edition.

      Preface to First Edition.

      Acknowledgements.

      Abbreviations.

      Introduction: Rawls's Original Position.

      Part I: Communitarian Critiques:.

      Introduction.

      1. Sandel: The Limits of Liberalism.

      2. MacIntyre: Morality After Virtue.

      3. Taylor: The Sources of the Liberal Self.

      4. Walzer: Justice and Abstraction.

      Concluding Summary.

      Part II: Rawls's Response.

      5. Rawls's Political Liberalism.

      6. Political Liberalism and the Communitarian Critique.

      7. Political Liberalism: Political or Comprehensive?.

      Part III: Liberalism, Politics and Neutrality.

      8. Rorty: Liberalism Without Foundations.

      9. Dworkin: Philosophical Foundations for State Neutrality.

      10. Raz: The Politics of Perfection.

      Conclusion.

      Bibliography.

      Index.

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