Liberalism

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Liberalism

9781852783488 Edward Elgar Publishing
Edited by Richard J. Arneson, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego, US
Publication Date: January 1992 ISBN: 978 1 85278 348 8 Extent: 2,016 pp
These authoritative volumes present the key articles which illuminate the history and development of liberalism from the seminal contributions of John Locke down to the most recent work by contemporary political theorists such as John Rawls, Richard Rorty and Robert Nozick. Liberalism has inspired several political movements in Europe and in countries influenced by European culture during the last four centuries. It is closely identified with Western civilization in its entirety tracing its origins as far as the pre-Socratic philosophers.

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These authoritative volumes present the key articles which illuminate the history and development of liberalism from the seminal contributions of John Locke down to the most recent work by contemporary political theorists such as John Rawls, Richard Rorty and Robert Nozick. Liberalism has inspired several political movements in Europe and in countries influenced by European culture during the last four centuries. It is closely identified with Western civilization in its entirety tracing its origins as far as the pre-Socratic philosophers.

This comprehensive and authoritative collection will be an essential reference point for both researchers and students concerned with historical and contemporary liberalism.
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‘If one were to read each volume from cover to cover – all 1922 pages – one would have a substantial guide to liberalism as a philosophical tradition and to the current debates and controversies that have preoccupied contemporary political theorists in defending the philosophical legacy of Locke, Kant, Bentham, J.S. Mill, Spencer and Hobhouse.’
– P.J. Kelly, Political Studies
Contents
Volume I

Part I: Locke and Lockean Liberalism

A Locke''s Writings

1. John Locke, The Second Treatise of Government, chapters I-IX.
2. Hanna Pitkin (1965), ‘Obligation and Consent – I.’
3. John G. Bennett (1979) ‘A Note of Locke''s Theory of Tacit Consent.’
4. Charles R. Beitz (1980), ‘Tacit Consent and Property Rights.’
5. Joshua Cohen (1986), ‘Structure, Choice and Legitimacy: Locke''s Theory of the State.’

C Lockean Property Rights

6. Allan Gibbard (1976), ‘Natural Property Rights.’
7. Hillel Steiner (1977), ‘The Natural Right to the Means of Production.’
8. Hillel Steiner (1981), ‘Liberty and Equality.’
9. Eric Mack (1983), ‘Distributive Justice and the Tensions of Lockeanism.’

D Are There Obligations to Government Not Based on Consent?

10. Robert Nozick (1974), ‘The Principle of Fairness.’
11. Richard J. Arneson (1982), ‘The Principle of Fairness and Free-Rider Problems.’
12. Brian Barry (1980), ‘Justice as Reciprocity.‘

Part II Rousseau and Kant

A Rousseau

13. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1975), The Social Contract and Discourses, Book I chapters I-VIII.
14. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1975), The Social Contract and Discourses, Book II, chapters I-VII.
15. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1975), The Social Contract and Discourses, Book III, chapters I-III and XII-XV.
16. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1975), The Social Contract and Discourses, Book IV, chapters I-III and VIII.
17. Andrew Levine (1976), ‘The ''Fundamental Problem'' of Political Philosophy and Its ''Solution''.’
18. W.G. Runciman and Amartya K. Sen (1965), ‘Games, Justice and the General Will.’
19. H.D. Lewis (1978), ‘Freedom and Authority in Rousseau.’
20. David M. Estlund (1989), ‘The Persistent Puzzle of the Minority Democrat.’
21. J.I. MacAdam (1972), ‘The Discourse on Inequality and the Social Contract.‘
22. Anthony Skillen (1985), ‘Rousseau and the Fall of Social Man.’

B Kant

23. Immanuel Kant (1970), ‘An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment?‘
24. Immanuel Kant (1923), ‘Transition from Popular Moral Philosophy to the Metaphysics of Morals.’
25. Christine M. Korsgaard (1986), ‘Kant''s Formula of Universal Law.’
26. Thomas E. Hill, Jr. (1980), ‘Humanity as an End in Itself.’
27. Christine M. Korsgaard (1986), ‘The Right to Lie:Kant on Dealing with Evil.’
28. Onora O''Neill (1985), ‘Between Consenting Adults.’
29. Barbara Herman (1984), ‘Mutual Aid and Respect for Persons.’
30. Thomas W. Pogge (1988), ‘Kant''s Theory of Justice.’
31. Joel Feinberg (1973) ‘The Idea of a Free Man.’

C Women''s Rights in Rousseau and Kant

32. Susan Moller Okin (1981), ‘Women and the Making of the Sentimental Family.’

Volume II

Part I Utlitarian Liberalism

A Nineteenth-Century Writings

1. Jeremy Bentham (1970), ‘Of the Principle of Utility.’
2. Jeremy Bentham (1970), ‘Cases Unmeet for Punishment.’
3. Jeremy Bentham (1970), ‘Of the Limits of the Penal Branch of Jurisprudence.’
4. John Stuart Mill (1970), ‘Introductory.’
5. John Stuart Mill (1974), ‘Of Individuality, as One of the Elements of Well-Being.’
6. John Stuart Mill (1974), ‘On the Connection Between Justice and Utility.’
7. John Stuart Mill (1974), ‘The Criterion of a Good Form of Government.’
8. John Stuart Mill (1974), ‘That the ideally Best Form of Government is Representative Government.’
9. John Stuart Mill (1980), The Subjection of Women, 3-29.

B Twentieth-Century Commentary

10. Julia Annas (1977), ‘Mill and the Subjection of Women.’
11. D.G. Brown (1972), ‘Mill on Liberty and Morality.’
12. Russell Hardin (1986), ‘The Utilitarian Logic of Liberalism.’
13. H.L.A. Hart (1979), ‘Between Utility and Rights.’
14. David Lyons (1977), ‘Human Rights and the General Welfare.’
15. H.J. McCloskey (1963), ‘Mill''s Liberalism.’
16. Michael S. MacPherson (1982), ‘Mill''s Moral Theory and the Problem of Preference Change.’

Part II Libertarian Liberalism

17. Herbert Spencer, ‘The Coming Slavery.’
18. Herbert Spencer, ‘The Great Political Superstition.’
19. Herbert Spencer, ’From Freedom to Bondage.’
20. Jan Narveson (1984), ‘Equality vs. Liberty: Advantage, Liberty.’
21. Thomas Nagel (1975), ‘Libertarianism without Foundations.’

Part III Social-Democratic Liberalism

A Origins

22. L.T. Hobhouse (1964), ‘The Elements of Liberalism.’
23. L.T. Hobhouse (1964), ‘The Heart of Liberalism.’
24. L.T. Hobhouse (1964), ‘The State and the Individual.’
25. L.T. Hobhouse (1964), ‘Economic Liberalism.’
26. R.H. Tawney (1920), The Sickness of an Acquisitive Society, chapters II-VI.

B Recent Formulations

27. John Rawls (1975), ‘A Kantian Conception of Equality.’
28. Philip Petit (1987), ’Towards a Social Democratic Theory of the State.’
29. Desmond S. King and Jeremy Waldron (1988), ‘Citizenship, Social Citizenship and the Defence of Welfare Provision.’

C Beyond the Welfare State?

30. Robert J. van der Veen and Philippe van Parijs (1986), ‘A Capitalist Road to Communism.’


Volume III

What is Liberalism?

A Toleration and the Harm Principle

1. Joel Feinberg (1973), ‘''Harmless Immoralities'' and Offensive Nuisances.’
2. H.J. McCloskey, (1974), ‘Liberalism.’
3. David A. Conway (1974), ‘Law, Liberty and Indecency.’
4. Anthony Ellis (1984), ‘Offense and the Liberal Conception of the Law.’
5. Joel Feinberg (1983), ‘Autonomy, Sovereignty and Privacy: Moral Ideas in the Constitution?’

B Toleration and the Legitimacy of the State

6. Michael Walzer (1984), ‘Liberalism and the Art of Separation.’
7. Jeremy Waldron (1987), ‘Theoretical Foundations of Liberalism.’
8. Bruce Ackerman (1989), ‘Why Dialogue ?’
9. Gerald Dworkin (1974), ‘Non-neutral Principles.’
10. John Rawls (1987), ‘The Idea of an Overlapping Consensus.’
11. Richard Rorty (1983), ‘Postmodernist Bourgeois Liberalism.’
12. Michael Sandel (1984), ‘Morality and the Liberal Idea.’
13. Alasdair MacIntyre (1984), ‘Is Patriotism a Virtue ?’
14. William Galston (1982), ‘Defending Liberalism.’
15. Will Kymlicka (1988), ‘Liberalism and Communitarianism.’
16. Thomas Nagel (1987), ‘Moral Conflict and Political Legitimacy.’
17. Joseph Raz (1982), ‘Liberalism, Autonomy and the Politics of Neutral Concern.’

C Liberalism, Race and Sex

18. Richard Wasserstrom (1977), ‘Racism, Sexism and Preferential Treatment: An Approach to the Topics.’
19. J.R. Lucas (1973), ‘Because you are a Woman.’
20. George Sher (1983), ‘Our Preferences, Ourselves.’
21. Susan Moller Okin (1987), ‘Justice and Gender.’
22. Elizabeth S. Anderson (1990), ‘Is Women''s Labor a Commodity?’

D Liberalism and Distributive Justice

23. Amartya Sen (1980), ‘Equality of What?’
24. Jan Narveson (1983), ‘On Dworkinian Equality.’
25. Ronald Dworkin (1983), ‘Comment on Narveson:In Defense of Equality.’
26. Charles Fried (1983), ‘Distributive Justice.’
27. G A Cohen (1989), ‘On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice.’
28. Michael Walzer (1973), ‘In Defense of Equality.’

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