Autonomy and the challenges to liberalism
Subtitle: new essays
By: edited by John Christman, Joel Anderson.
Contributors: Christman, John Philip.; Anderson, Joel, 1965-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
Subjects: Liberalism; Autonomy (Philosophy)
Description: "In recent years, the concepts of individual autonomy and political liberalism have been the subject of intense debate, but these discussions have occurred largely within separate academic disciplines. Autonomy and the Challenges to Liberalism contains for the first time new essays devoted to foundational questions concerning both the notion of the autonomous self and the nature and justification of liberalism." "Written by leading figures in moral, legal, and political theory, this volume covers, among other things, the following topics: the nature of the self and its relation to autonomy, the social dimensions of autonomy and the political dynamics of respect and recognition, and the concept of autonomy underlying the principles of liberalism."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-375) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / John Christman and Joel Anderson; title: The self : conceptions of the autonomous self. Decentralizing autonomy : five faces of selfhood / Diana Tietjens Meyers ; The self as narrator / J. David Velleman ; Autonomy and self- identity / Marina Oshana; title: The interpersonal : personal authority and interpersonal recognition. Taking ownership: authority and voice in autonomous agency / Paul Benson ; Autonomy, vulnerability, recognition, and justice / Joel Anderson and Axel Honneth ; Autonomy and male dominance / Marilyn Friedman; title: The social : public policy and liberal principles. Autonomy, domination, and the Republican challenge to Liberalism / Richard Dagger ; Liberal autonomy and consumer sovereignty / Joseph Heath ; Political liberty : integrating five conceptions of autonomy / Rainer Forst; title: The political : liberalism, legitimacy, and public reason. Liberalism without agreement : political autonomy and agonistic citizenship / Bert van den Brink ; The place of autonomy within liberalism / Gerald F. Gaus ; Moral autonomy and personal autonomy / Jeremy Waldron ; Autonomy, self-knowledge, and liberal legitimacy / John Christman.