Toward a Fictionless Liberalism

This Companion centers on the fictitious social contract that can be used to justify liberalism. As justification, the theory of the contract either fully justifies a regime as liberal or it fully condemns it as illiberal. This conflicts with the common recognition that liberalism is a matter of deg...

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Published inPhilosophy of the Social Sciences Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 77 - 91
Main Author Agassi, Joseph
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2016
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Democracy
Liberalism
Nationalism
Political philosophy
Rawls, John
Social philosophy
Social sciences
Hayek
Liberal Nationalism
Machiavelli
Popper
Democracy
Degrees of liberalism
Social contract
Rawls
Liberalism
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Summary:This Companion centers on the fictitious social contract that can be used to justify liberalism. As justification, the theory of the contract either fully justifies a regime as liberal or it fully condemns it as illiberal. This conflicts with the common recognition that liberalism is a matter of degree. John Rawls is taken as the leading light; yet at best the Companion manages to picture him as well-intended but hopelessly confusing.
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ISSN:0048-3931
1552-7441
DOI:10.1177/0048393115612035