Overview
This book makes a significant contribution to the tradition of liberal political theory: it explores the foundations and limits of the idea of equality within that theory and offers a sustained argument for a persuasive new view of liberalism. Liberal thinking has always displayed a tension between the claims of liberty and those of equality. Professor Gutmann examines the contributions of liberal theorists from Locke to Rawls on the subject of two kinds of equality - equality of opportunity to participate and the equal distribution of economic goods. Valuing both, she shows that, far from being alternatives, the two ideals are compatible to a much greater degree than has previously been thought. Liberal Equality restores egalitarianism to political theory in a way that will forcefully challenge its critics to deeper reflection.
- | Author: Amy Gutmann
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: Sep 30, 1980
- | Number of Pages: 332 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 052129665X
- | ISBN-13: 9780521296656
