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Liberalism and the Defence of Political Constructivism

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Catriona McKinnon

    1. University of York, UK

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: The Practice of Political Justification

    • Catriona McKinnon
    Pages 1-28

  3. Constructivism in Rawls

    • Catriona McKinnon
    Pages 29-56

  4. Self-Respect

    • Catriona McKinnon
    Pages 57-81

  5. Reasoning about Justice

    • Catriona McKinnon
    Pages 83-121

  6. The Social Bases of Self-Respect

    • Catriona McKinnon
    Pages 123-145

  7. Concluding Review

    • Catriona McKinnon
    Pages 147-149

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 151-188
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Contemporary liberal political justification is often accused of preaching to the converted: liberal principles are acceptable only to people already committed to liberal values. Catriona McKinnon addresses this important criticism by arguing that self-respect and its social conditions should be placed at the heart of the liberal approach to justification. A commitment to self-respect delivers a commitment to the liberal values of toleration and public reason, but self-respect itself is not an exclusively liberal value.

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  • University of York, UK

    Catriona McKinnon

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CATRIONA MCKINNON is Lecturer in Political Philosophy at the University of York. She is the co-editor of The Demands of Citizenship and The Culture of Toleration in Diverse Societies: Reasonable Tolerance, and is the editor of the journal Imprints: A Journal of Analytical Socialism.

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