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Liberalism and value pluralism /
Value pluralism is the idea, associated with the late Isaiah Berlin, that fundamental human values are irreducibly plural and incommensurable. Ends like liberty, equality and community are intrinsic goods which can neither be ranked in an absolute hierarchy nor translated into units of a common deno...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
2002.
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| Colección: | Political theory and contemporary politics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Value pluralism is the idea, associated with the late Isaiah Berlin, that fundamental human values are irreducibly plural and incommensurable. Ends like liberty, equality and community are intrinsic goods which can neither be ranked in an absolute hierarchy nor translated into units of a common denominator. If that is true, how can we choose among such values when they come into conflict in particular cases? In particular, what reason is there to justify the value ranking characteristic of liberal democracy, favouring personal autonomy and toleration? Recent commentators have seen value plural. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (289 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-273) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441188076 144118807X 9781474213097 147421309X 9780826477422 0826477429 9780826450487 0826450482 |