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Varying Form of Title: | Liberalism & value pluralism
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ISBN: | 9781441188076 144118807X 9781474213097 147421309X 9780826477422 0826477429 9780826450487 0826450482 0826450482 0826450474 9780826450470
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-273) and index. Print version record.
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Summary: | Value pluralism is the idea, associated with the late Isaiah Berlin, that fundamental human values are irreducibly plural and incommensurable. Ends like liberty, equality and community are intrinsic goods which can neither be ranked in an absolute hierarchy nor translated into units of a common denominator. If that is true, how can we choose among such values when they come into conflict in particular cases? In particular, what reason is there to justify the value ranking characteristic of liberal democracy, favouring personal autonomy and toleration? Recent commentators have seen value plural.
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Other form: | Print version: Crowder, George. Liberalism and value pluralism. London : Continuum, 2002 ix, 276 pages ; 22 cm. Political theory and contemporary politics 9780826450470
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