Classical Liberalism: The Unvanquished Ideal
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This text defends the ideal of minimum government against the charges put forward by egalitarian welfare liberals, communitarians and conservatives, arguing it best advances human well being. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0333760522
ISBN13:9780333760529
Release Date:October 1998
Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan
Length:150 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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Fine intro to classical liberalism
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I'm amazed that nobody has reviewed this excellent little book yet. It's one of the best recent works on classical liberalism.David Conway not only presents short defenses (both economic and non-economic) of the classical liberal social order, he also deals by turns with recent critics of the "minimal State" -- including Alasdair MacIntyre, John Rawls, and John Gray -- showing in each case either (a) that their criticisms are not well-founded, or (b) that the classical liberal social order can do what they want better than their proposed alternatives. (In some cases Conway makes better sense of these critics than they can make of themselves.)The entire enterprise is conducted with a winning combination of scholarly politeness and uncompromising, pull-no-punches intellectual rigor. This is just a darn good book.Don't take my word for it; John Gray himself (a former classical liberal, sort of) endorses the book on its back cover. Even one of Conway's targets, then, regards the book as at least a helpful summary of classical liberal arguments.
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