As free and as just as possible : the theory of Marxian liberalism /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Reiman, Jeffrey H.
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Chichester ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
• Σειρά: Blackwell public philosophy ; 12.
• Θέματα: Rawls, John, > 1921-2002.; Liberalism > Philosophy.; Philosophy, Marxist.; POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Communism & Socialism.; Electronic books.

 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 theoryDistills a new concept of justice that recognizes the iniquities of capitalismSynthesis of elements of Marxism and Liberalism will interest readers in both campsDirect and jargon-free style opens. 

 As Free and as Just as Possible: The Theory of Marxian Liberalism; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Preface; 1: Overview of the Argument for Marxian Liberalism; 2: Marx and Rawls and Justice; 2.1 Marx's Theory of Capitalism and Its Ideology; 2.2 Rawls's Theory of Justice as Fairness; 2.3 Rawls on Marx; 2.4 Marx and Justice; 2.5 Marxian Liberalism's Historical Conception of Justice; 3: The Natural Right to Liberty and the Need for a Social Contract; 3.1 A Lockean Argument for the Right to Liberty; 3.2 Our Rational Moral Competence; 3.3 From Liberty to Lockean Contractarianism.