Liberalism and value pluralism /

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Author / Creator:Crowder, George, author.
Imprint:London ; New York : Continuum, 2002.
Description:1 online resource (289 pages)
Language:English
Series:Political theory and contemporary politics
Political theory and contemporary politics.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11274765
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Varying Form of Title:Liberalism & value pluralism
ISBN:9781441188076
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9781474213097
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-273) and index.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Crowder, George. Liberalism and value pluralism. London : Continuum, 2002 ix, 276 pages ; 22 cm. Political theory and contemporary politics 9780826450470