Reconceiving Liberalism: Dilemmas of Contemporary Liberal Public Policy

by Oren M. Levin-Waldman

Levin-Waldman argues that if American public policy were to be evaluated against a different set of principles--ones more closely aligned with core liberal values, especially the common good--liberalism would be in greater harmony with contemporary public opinion and thought. Liberalism rests on a moral vision of what constitutes the good life and a set of principles that can measure whether public policy accords with society's underlying philosophical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822955946
• ISBN13: 9780822955948
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"