Rights angles / Loren E. Lomasky.

These provocative and eminently readable essays from Loren Lomasky-fifteen previously published and one new-feature in-depth examinations of central questions in the theory of natural rights and liberal political order. Unlike most philosophical investigations, Rights Angles emphasizes how principle...

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Main Author: Lomasky, Loren E. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Rights Angles; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Everything Old Is New Again: The Death and Rebirth of Classical Liberal Philosophy; 2. A Refutation of Utilitarianism; 3. Personal Projects as the Foundation for Basic Rights; 4. The Matrix of Contractarian Justice (with James M. Buchanan); 5. Rights Without Stilts; 6. Compensation and the Bounds of Rights; 7. Justice to Charity; 8. Liberty and Welfare Goods: Reflections on Clashing Liberalisms; 9. Toward a Liberal Theory of National Boundaries; 10. Nozick's Libertarian Utopia.
  • 11. Classical Liberalism and Civil Society12. Libertarianism at Twin Harvard; 13. Against Reviving Republicanism (with Geoffrey Brennan); 14. Liberalism Beyond Borders; 15. The Paradox of Association; 16. Contract, Covenant, Constitution; Index.