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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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Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy Social & political philosophy

• Full title: Liberal Equality
• Author: Amy Gutmann
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 332
• EAN: 9780521296656
• ISBN: 052129665X
• ID: 02027042
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 490 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. September 1980

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