TY  - GEN
T1  - The Idea of a Liberal Theory : a Critique and Reconstruction.
A1  - Johnston, David, 1951-
LA  - English
PP  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 2001
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn700688631
AB  - Liberalism, the founding philosophy of many constitutional democracies, has been criticized in recent years from both the left and the right for placing too much faith in individual rights and distributive justice. In this book, David Johnston argues for a reinterpretation of liberal principles he contends will restore liberalism to a position of intellectual leadership from which it can guide political and social reforms. He begins by surveying the three major contemporary schools of liberal political thought--rights-based, perfectionist, and political liberalism--and, by weeding out their we.
OP  - 215
CN  - JC571 .J57 2001
SN  - 9781400821518
SN  - 1400821517
SN  - 128275209X
SN  - 9781282752092
SN  - 9780691029139
KW  - Liberalism.
KW  - Philosophy : Political.
KW  - Political science : Political Ideologies : General.
KW  - Libéralisme.
KW  - liberalism.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Political Ideologies : General.
KW  - PHILOSOPHY : Political.
KW  - Political science
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Liberalism
ER  -