A Liberal Theory of Federalism
... those at the universities of New South Wales and Sydney, with whom I have exchanged ideas during my years studying philosophy and political theory. Although they are too numerous to mention individually, this thesis would have been a much poorer product without their comments and encouragement. The ...
... those at the universities of New South Wales and Sydney, with whom I have exchanged ideas during my years studying philosophy and political theory. Although they are too numerous to mention individually, this thesis would have been a much poorer product without their comments and encouragement. The ...
THEORY BUILDING AND DEMOCRACY: AN APPRAISAL AND
... standardisation of the state structures rooted in the principles of rational political organisation. Liberal democracy and its global reach are further celebrated on the premise that presently there is no anti-democratic ideology able to generate sufficient global appeal to challenge liberal democra ...
... standardisation of the state structures rooted in the principles of rational political organisation. Liberal democracy and its global reach are further celebrated on the premise that presently there is no anti-democratic ideology able to generate sufficient global appeal to challenge liberal democra ...
Convergence and Consensus in Public Reason
... Reasonable individuals often share a rationale for a decision but, in other cases, they make the same decision based on disparate and often incompatible rationales. The social contract tradition has been divided between these two methods of solving the problem of social cooperation: must social coop ...
... Reasonable individuals often share a rationale for a decision but, in other cases, they make the same decision based on disparate and often incompatible rationales. The social contract tradition has been divided between these two methods of solving the problem of social cooperation: must social coop ...
The Limits and Possibilities of Liberal Democracy Promotion
... perhaps most explicit – manifestation of a more general desire for a degree of homogeneity amongst states.7 The contributing factors behind the rise of democracy promotion over the last three decades are deeply interconnected (and well known): the momentum generated by the “third wave” of democratis ...
... perhaps most explicit – manifestation of a more general desire for a degree of homogeneity amongst states.7 The contributing factors behind the rise of democracy promotion over the last three decades are deeply interconnected (and well known): the momentum generated by the “third wave” of democratis ...
Original Intent and the Politics of Republicanism
... constitutional principles as expressed by the Founders. The doctrine concedes some latitude in this standard, permitting consideration of the ratifying debates that took place in the thirteen states and allowing for a liberal perusal of the political literature of the 1780s. Furthermore, original in ...
... constitutional principles as expressed by the Founders. The doctrine concedes some latitude in this standard, permitting consideration of the ratifying debates that took place in the thirteen states and allowing for a liberal perusal of the political literature of the 1780s. Furthermore, original in ...
Public Reason Liberalism
... — with John Rawls’ political liberalism. Many, no doubt, believe that if there is such a creature as “public reason liberalism” it is a Rawlsian creation. This is an error. The social contract theories of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and Kant all are based on conviction that the main aim of political phi ...
... — with John Rawls’ political liberalism. Many, no doubt, believe that if there is such a creature as “public reason liberalism” it is a Rawlsian creation. This is an error. The social contract theories of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and Kant all are based on conviction that the main aim of political phi ...
Ideology - CiteSeerX
... and political psychology. For over 200 years, political belief systems have been classified usefully according to a single left–right (or liberal–conservative) dimension that, we believe, possesses two core aspects: (a) advocating versus resisting social change and (b) rejecting versus accepting ine ...
... and political psychology. For over 200 years, political belief systems have been classified usefully according to a single left–right (or liberal–conservative) dimension that, we believe, possesses two core aspects: (a) advocating versus resisting social change and (b) rejecting versus accepting ine ...
Psychological Science
... believe in individualism and self-reliance, they will find evidence that choices and actions determine outcomes, just as if people believe in the power of the situation, they will find evidence that systemic pressures and luck determine outcomes. These conflicting values of liberals and conservative ...
... believe in individualism and self-reliance, they will find evidence that choices and actions determine outcomes, just as if people believe in the power of the situation, they will find evidence that systemic pressures and luck determine outcomes. These conflicting values of liberals and conservative ...
Demopolis.*Democracy*before*Liberalism*
... that#democracy#means#the#same#thing#to#everyone.#In#political#theory,#as#in#ordinary# language,#“democracy”#is#a#classic#example#of#an#essentially#contested#political# concept.#It#goes#without#saying#that#there#are#many#definitions#on#offer.3#No#one# definition#is#authoritative#in#the#sense#of#domi ...
... that#democracy#means#the#same#thing#to#everyone.#In#political#theory,#as#in#ordinary# language,#“democracy”#is#a#classic#example#of#an#essentially#contested#political# concept.#It#goes#without#saying#that#there#are#many#definitions#on#offer.3#No#one# definition#is#authoritative#in#the#sense#of#domi ...
Individual Liberty and Political Institutions
... concept of private autonomy. This concept implies the notion of “an assured free sphere” (ibid.: 139) within which individuals are free to choose and to act, and to engage in voluntary exchange or cooperation with each other as equally free persons.5 Understood as private autonomy individual liberty ...
... concept of private autonomy. This concept implies the notion of “an assured free sphere” (ibid.: 139) within which individuals are free to choose and to act, and to engage in voluntary exchange or cooperation with each other as equally free persons.5 Understood as private autonomy individual liberty ...
Hartz on American Liberal Tradition
... view of nature of Newtonian physics over into social thinking. Mr. Hartz mentions only Locke. He does not point out that American history began in the seventeenth century, synchronous with the climax of the scientific revolution. As Newton influenced his younger friend Locke, scientific thinking has ...
... view of nature of Newtonian physics over into social thinking. Mr. Hartz mentions only Locke. He does not point out that American history began in the seventeenth century, synchronous with the climax of the scientific revolution. As Newton influenced his younger friend Locke, scientific thinking has ...
A liberal policy approach to climate change
... development efforts. The result may also be that more and more governments in rainforest areas, even those in areas that are not threatened by deforestation, will resort to blackmailing donor nations once they realise that this can secure a stable income. 34. With regard to safeguarding the environm ...
... development efforts. The result may also be that more and more governments in rainforest areas, even those in areas that are not threatened by deforestation, will resort to blackmailing donor nations once they realise that this can secure a stable income. 34. With regard to safeguarding the environm ...
Liberalism, Perfectionism, and Civic Virtue
... becomes relevant. If one takes the line 'the more decent its members, the better the society,' then it follows that governments should take an interest in the moral standards that guide the behavior of citizens. But this position seems to be in direct conflict with the basic postulate of some domina ...
... becomes relevant. If one takes the line 'the more decent its members, the better the society,' then it follows that governments should take an interest in the moral standards that guide the behavior of citizens. But this position seems to be in direct conflict with the basic postulate of some domina ...
A liberalism betrayed? American neoconservatism and the theory of
... On 18 September 2009, Irving Kristol, the founding father of American neoconservatism, died aged 89. A close reader of Leo Strauss as well as a remarkable ideological entrepreneur (the two are not so obviously reconcilable), Kristol and his followers had a tremendous impact on the outlook of the Ame ...
... On 18 September 2009, Irving Kristol, the founding father of American neoconservatism, died aged 89. A close reader of Leo Strauss as well as a remarkable ideological entrepreneur (the two are not so obviously reconcilable), Kristol and his followers had a tremendous impact on the outlook of the Ame ...
the liberal as an enemy of queer justice
... Britain was against marriage and it was considered an abusive and retrogressive institution, standing as it did and does as the pillar and imprimatur of the anti-gay establishment. The gay movement had power then, and all of the social traditions and practices that falsely propped up heteronormativi ...
... Britain was against marriage and it was considered an abusive and retrogressive institution, standing as it did and does as the pillar and imprimatur of the anti-gay establishment. The gay movement had power then, and all of the social traditions and practices that falsely propped up heteronormativi ...
26 November 2013 Liberalism: A Challenge to Religion Professor
... their own good in their own way. So on this basis liberalism provides us with a thin and pragmatically justified framework within which individuals can pursue their own subjectively chosen values in their own way so long as in so doing they recognise a similar right in others. The second approach ma ...
... their own good in their own way. So on this basis liberalism provides us with a thin and pragmatically justified framework within which individuals can pursue their own subjectively chosen values in their own way so long as in so doing they recognise a similar right in others. The second approach ma ...
Liberalism and the Moral Significance of
... insulate them from change (along with one's position) by means of control over the powers of innovation. Thus, there is good reason to insist that freedom of thought, and its expression in speech, are crucial to any viable, human political order, though this requires renewed elaboration in a technol ...
... insulate them from change (along with one's position) by means of control over the powers of innovation. Thus, there is good reason to insist that freedom of thought, and its expression in speech, are crucial to any viable, human political order, though this requires renewed elaboration in a technol ...
Democracy unto the Earth, Liberty unto Mankind?
... tenets of liberal governance”,13 basic tenets which include civil, social and economic liberties. The use of elections can, it would appear, further undermine political and civil liberties in their own right through inequality; while elections allow for popular expression, they also manifest an aris ...
... tenets of liberal governance”,13 basic tenets which include civil, social and economic liberties. The use of elections can, it would appear, further undermine political and civil liberties in their own right through inequality; while elections allow for popular expression, they also manifest an aris ...
Durham Research Online
... thinker of all times, had certain reservations about the economic and cultural claims of the working class. L.T. Hobhouse, on the other hand, embraced ideas of equality and redistribution to an extent that raised the question why the “socialist” label has not been more firmly attached to him. Yet as ...
... thinker of all times, had certain reservations about the economic and cultural claims of the working class. L.T. Hobhouse, on the other hand, embraced ideas of equality and redistribution to an extent that raised the question why the “socialist” label has not been more firmly attached to him. Yet as ...
The enlighTenmenT period – a conTinuous source of “lighT” or The
... take into consideration not only the cross-country differences, but also the narratives put forward by the liberalism’s adversaries, as this formation would develop its ideas, as well as its political and economic stance, in a clear contradistinction to those professing a different view of man and t ...
... take into consideration not only the cross-country differences, but also the narratives put forward by the liberalism’s adversaries, as this formation would develop its ideas, as well as its political and economic stance, in a clear contradistinction to those professing a different view of man and t ...
Liberalism and nationalism
... claim that liberalism was abstract and incomplete without the addition of the reality of national identity and national groups. ...
... claim that liberalism was abstract and incomplete without the addition of the reality of national identity and national groups. ...
Review Session #3
... • how do changes in art reflect changes in society, politics, and economics? • what are the major tenets of classical liberalism, conservatism, and socialism and where do we see examples in 19th century Europe? • what effect did the Industrial Revolution have on art and philosophy? ...
... • how do changes in art reflect changes in society, politics, and economics? • what are the major tenets of classical liberalism, conservatism, and socialism and where do we see examples in 19th century Europe? • what effect did the Industrial Revolution have on art and philosophy? ...
The Conservative Order and the Challenges of Reform (1815
... Liberalism in the 19th century sought a ...
... Liberalism in the 19th century sought a ...