Liberal Purposes: Goods, Virtues, and Diversity in the Liberal State

by William A. Galston

Book Overview

This book is a major contribution to the current theory of liberalism by an eminent political theorist. It challenges the views of such theorists as Rawls, Dworkin, and Ackerman who believe that the essence of liberalism is that it should remain neutral concerning different ways of life and individual conceptions of what is good or valuable. Professor Galston argues that the modern liberal state is committed to a distinctive conception of the human...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521422507
• ISBN13: 9780521422505
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A Major Conribution

This political theorist gives great insight to current liberalist thought.