Overview
This book makes a significant contribution to the tradition of liberal political theory: it explores the foundations and limits of the idea of equality within that theory and offers a sustained argument for a persuasive new view of liberalism. Liberal thinking has always displayed a tension between the claims of liberty and those of equality. Professor Gutmann examines the contributions of liberal theorists from Locke to Rawls on the subject of two kinds of equality - equality of opportunity to participate and the equal distribution of economic goods. Valuing both, she shows that, far from being alternatives, the two ideals are compatible to a much greater degree than has previously been thought. Liberal Equality restores egalitarianism to political theory in a way that will forcefully challenge its critics to deeper reflection.
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- ISBN-13: 9780521296656
- ISBN-10: 052129665X
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: September 1980
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.74 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.07 pounds
- Page Count: 332
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