Recenze Liberalism with Excellence

The brief summary I have given barely scratches the surface of Kramer's comprehensive engagement with the now sprawling literature on this topic. His careful discussions of Quong, Gaus, and Raz in particular provide a sophisticated yet accessible guide to the recent debates over liberal neutrality. For good measure, the book also offers an interesting reconstruction of Rawls's understanding of self-respect, a searching critique of perfectionist conceptions of freedom, and some very enjoyable Shakespearean references. It would therefore work well as an assigned text in a graduate course, bringing newcomers up to speed on recent scholarship while offering them provocative food for thought. It also manages to open up an intriguing and quite novel perspective on perfectionism despite a saturated surrounding literature. Colin Bird, University of Virginia, Political Theory Journal schovat popis