| Autonomy and the Challenges to Liberalism: New Essays Contributor(s): Christman, John (Editor), Anderson, Joel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521839513 ISBN-13: 9780521839518 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $119.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2005 Annotation: In recent years the concepts of individual autonomy and political liberalism have been the subjects of intense debate, but these discussions have occurred largely within separate academic disciplines. Autonomy and the Challenges to Liberalism contains for the first time new essays devoted to foundational questions regarding both the notion of the autonomous self and the nature and justification of liberalism. Written by leading figures in moral, legal and political theory, the volume covers inter alia the following topics: the nature of the self and its relation to autonomy, the social dimensions of autonomy and the political dynamics of respect and recognition, and the concept of autonomy underlying the principles of liberalism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 128 |
| LCCN: 2004050307 |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 6.46" W x 9.3" (1.47 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In recent years the concepts of individual autonomy and political liberalism have been the subjects of intense debate, but these discussions have occurred largely within separate academic disciplines. Autonomy and the Challenges to Liberalism contains essays devoted to foundational questions regarding both the notion of the autonomous self and the nature and justification of liberalism. Written by leading figures in moral, legal and political theory, the volume covers inter alia the following topics: the nature of the self and its relation to autonomy, the social dimensions of autonomy and the political dynamics of respect and recognition, and the concept of autonomy underlying the principles of liberalism. |