Constructing Community
Moral Pluralism and Tragic Conflicts
1st Edition
Published on 14. September 2012
248 pages
978-1-4008-2111-2 (ISBN)
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In developing a new theory of political and moral community, J. Donald Moon takes questions of cultural pluralism and difference more seriously than do many other liberal thinkers of our era: Moon is willing to confront the problem of how community can be created among those who have very different views about the proper ends of human life. Experiencing such profound disagreement, can we live together in a society under norms we all accept? In recent years, traditional ways of looking at this query have come under attack by post-modernists, feminists, and thinkers concerned with pluralism. Respectfully engaging their critiques, Moon proposes a reformulated liberalism that is intended to overcome the problems they have identified.
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J. Donald Moon is Professor of Government at Wesleyan University.
Content
Preface
Ch. 1 Introduction: Political Liberalism and Plurality 3
Ch. 2 Moral Pluralism and Political Theory 13
Ch. 3 Appealing to Nature 36
Ch. 4 From Contract to Discourse 74
Ch. 5 Political Liberalism 98
Ch. 6 Rights, Private Property, and Welfare 121
Ch. 7 Citizenship and Gender 146
Ch. 8 Are Rights Exclusive? 163
Ch. 9 Democracy 190
Ch. 10 Conclusion: Consensuality - and Nonconsensulity 211
References 223
Index 233
Ch. 1 Introduction: Political Liberalism and Plurality 3
Ch. 2 Moral Pluralism and Political Theory 13
Ch. 3 Appealing to Nature 36
Ch. 4 From Contract to Discourse 74
Ch. 5 Political Liberalism 98
Ch. 6 Rights, Private Property, and Welfare 121
Ch. 7 Citizenship and Gender 146
Ch. 8 Are Rights Exclusive? 163
Ch. 9 Democracy 190
Ch. 10 Conclusion: Consensuality - and Nonconsensulity 211
References 223
Index 233
