As Free and as Just as Possible
The Theory of Marxian Liberalism
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
| Author: | Jeffrey Reiman | ISBN: | 9781118232064 |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | February 21, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jeffrey Reiman |
| ISBN: | 9781118232064 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | February 21, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Language: | English |
Grafting the Marxian idea that private property is coercive onto the liberal imperative of individual liberty, this new thesis from one of America's foremost intellectuals conceives a revised definition of justice that recognizes the harm inflicted by capitalism's hidden coercive structures.
- Maps a new frontier in moral philosophy and political theory
- Distills a new concept of justice that recognizes the iniquities of capitalism
- Synthesis of elements of Marxism and Liberalism will interest readers in both camps
- Direct and jargon-free style opens these complex ideas to a wide readership
Grafting the Marxian idea that private property is coercive onto the liberal imperative of individual liberty, this new thesis from one of America's foremost intellectuals conceives a revised definition of justice that recognizes the harm inflicted by capitalism's hidden coercive structures.
- Maps a new frontier in moral philosophy and political theory
- Distills a new concept of justice that recognizes the iniquities of capitalism
- Synthesis of elements of Marxism and Liberalism will interest readers in both camps
- Direct and jargon-free style opens these complex ideas to a wide readership
