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A defense of liberalism, understood as a perfectionist doctrine that presupposes an ideal but controversial notion of human well-being.Drawing on recent developments in liberal theory, Bert van den Brink develops an alternative defense of liberalism. He argues that liberal theorists should admit that their doctrine is not neutral with regard to conceptions of the good life—that it in fact fosters ideals of personal autonomy and a pluralist environment. These ideals generate irreconcilable, tragic conflicts between liberal and nonliberal ideals, and it is only by taking these conflicts seriously that liberals can learn of the unwanted consequences of liberal doctrine, effectively rebut critics, and react adequately to the complex pluralism of contemporary societies.Bert van den Brink is a Research Fellow on the Faculty of Law at Tilburg University, The Netherlands and coeditor of Bürgergesellschaft, Recht und Demokratie.

Author

Brink, Bert van den, author

Publisher

Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780791492161

Subjects

Political Science, History, Social_sciences