1st Edition

Equality in Liberty and Justice

By Antony Flew Copyright 1992
244 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

Equality in Liberty and Justice is an integrated collection of essays in political philosophy, divided into two parts. The first examines (classically) liberal ideas-the ideas of the Founding Fathers of the American republic-and some of the applications and the rejections of such ideas in our contemporary world. Among other questions about liberty and responsibility it considers, in the context of... Read more
Part 1: "the logic of liberty"; "could there be universal natural rights?"; "social contract or general will?"; "'freedom is slavery!" slogan for philosopher kings"; "choices and wants: discrediting the actual". Part 2: "the geography of justice"; "annihilating the individual"; "equal outcomes, or equal justice?"; "enemies of poverty, or of inequality?".

Biography

Antony Flew