Are Liberty and Equality Compatible?

by James P. Sterba and Jan Narveson

Book Overview

Are the political ideals of liberty and equality compatible? This question is of central and continuing importance in political philosophy, moral philosophy, and welfare economics. In this book, two distinguished philosophers take up the debate. Jan Narveson argues that a political ideal of negative liberty is incompatible with any substantive ideal of equality, while James P. Sterba argues that Narveson's own ideal of negative liberty is compatible,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521883822
• ISBN13: 9780521883825
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"