As Free and as Just as Possible

The Theory of Marxian Liberalism
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-470-67412-3
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 498 g

Reihe: Blackwell Public Philosophy Series

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reiman, Jeffrey

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 19. Jahrhundert
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Overview of the Argument for Marxian Liberalism

Chapter 2: Marx and Rawls and Justice

Chapter 3: The Natural Right to Liberty and the Need for a Social Contract

Chapter 4: The Ambivalence of Property: Expression of Liberty and Threat to Liberty

Chapter 5: The Labor Theory of the Difference Principle

Chapter 6: The Marxian-Liberal Original Position

Chapter 7: As Free and as Just as Possible: Capitalism for Marxists, Communism for Liberals

Conclusion: Marx's "Liberalism," Rawls's "Labor Theory of Justice

Über Autor(innen)

Reiman, Jeffrey
Jeffrey Reiman is the William Fraser McDowell Professor of Philosophy at American University in Washington, DC. A central figure in numerous political and philosophical debates in America, including those on abortion and criminal justice, he is the author of In Defense of Political Philosophy (1972), Justice and Modern Moral Philosophy (1990), Critical Moral Liberalism: Theory and Practice (1997), The Death Penalty: For and Against (with Louis Pojman, 1998), Abortion and the Ways We Value Human Life (1999), The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice, 9th ed. (with Paul Leighton, 2010), and more than a hundred articles on philosophy and criminal justice.

Jeffrey Reiman is the William Fraser McDowell Professor of Philosophy at American University in Washington, DC. A central figure in numerous political and philosophical debates in America, including those on abortion and criminal justice, he is the author of In Defense of Political Philosophy (1972), Justice and Modern Moral Philosophy (1990), Critical Moral Liberalism: Theory and Practice (1997), The Death Penalty: For and Against (with Louis Pojman, 1998), Abortion and the Ways We Value Human Life (1999), The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice, 10th edn. (with Paul Leighton, forthcoming), and more than a hundred articles on philosophy and criminal justice.