Toward a Liberalism (English, Richard Flathman)

About the Book

In Toward a Liberalism , Richard Flathman shows why and how political theory can contribute to the quality of moral and political practice without violating, as empiricist- and idealist-based theories tend to do, liberal commitments to individuality and plurality. Exploring the tense but inevitable relationship between liberalism and authority, he advances a theory of democratic citizenship tempered by appreciation of the ways in which citizenshi…

ISBN: 9780801422430