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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      20 March 2010
      06 May 2002
      ISBN:
      9780511613579
      9780521813044
      9780521012492
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511613579
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.39kg, 150 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.233kg, 152 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Philosophy, Political Philosophy
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    William Galston is a distinguished political philosopher whose work is informed by the experience of having also served from 1993–5 as President Clinton's Deputy Assistant for Domestic Policy. He is thus able to speak with an authority unique amongst political theorists about the implications of advancing certain moral and political values in practice. The foundational argument of this 2002 book is that liberalism is compatible with the value pluralism first espoused by Isaiah Berlin. William Galston defends a version of value pluralism - liberal pluralism - and argues, against the contentions of John Gray and others, that it undergirds a kind of liberal politics that gives weight to the ability of individuals and groups to live their lives in accordance with their deepest beliefs about what gives meaning and purpose to life.

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    "This is an important task, which Galston fills with elegance and clarity." Philosophy in Review

    "Recommended for upper-division undergraduates and above." Choice

    "Galston's ideas concerning the nature of value pluralism as presented in Liberal Pluralism are both interesting and convincing." Perspectives on Politics

    "Liberal Pluralism would work well in a course exploring political theory beyond current partisan politics. Galston's classical liberalism, tempered by a rejection of the radical individualism now endemic in much American political discourse, is a fine contribution to the field." - Journal of Church and State, Richard Heyduck, First United Methodist Church

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