PUBLIC REASON AND DIVERSITY: REINTERPRETATIONS OF LIBERALISM

GAUS, Gerald, Kevin Vallier [Ed.]

ISBN 10: 1316512592 / ISBN 13: 9781316512593

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2022

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8vo. pp viii, 274. Colour illustrated boards lettered in white. ISBN: 9781316512593 Very good indeed, soft board texture very slightly marked.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: PUBLIC REASON AND DIVERSITY: REINTERPRETATIONS OF LIBERALISM
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1316512592
• ISBN 13: 9781316512593
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis

Gerald Gaus was one of the leading liberal theorists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. He developed a pioneering defence of the liberal order based on its unique capacity to handle diversity and disagreement, and he presses the liberal tradition towards a principled openness to pluralism and diversity. This book brings together Gaus's most seminal and creative essays in a single volume for the first time. It also covers a broad span of his career, including essays published shortly before his death, and topics including reasonable pluralism, moral rights, public reason, and the redistributive state. The volume makes accessible the work of one of the most important recent liberal theorists. Many readers will find it of value, especially those in political philosophy, political science, and economics.

About the Authors

Gerald Gaus was James E. Rogers Professor of Philosophy, and Head of the Department of Political Economy and Moral Science, at the University of Arizona. His books include The Order of Public Reason (Cambridge 2011), The Tyranny of the Ideal (2016), and The Open Society and Its Complexities (2021).

Kevin Vallier is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University. His books include Liberal Politics and Public Faith (2014), Must Politics Be War? (2019), and Trust in a Polarized Age (2020).