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Author: Nick Cowen
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.526kg
ISBN: 9781800374539
ISBN 10: 1800374534
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 09 April 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'Neoliberal Social Justice is a remarkable book. Nick Cowen shows that John Rawls's normative commitments, if complemented by institutional and market-process economics, actually support classical liberal public policies. This is a unique and extremely valuable achievement.' -- Mario Rizzo, New York University, US 'The problem any political group faces is how to generate morally binding political choice that somehow reconciles the conflicting plans and purposes of many citizens. The ''first-wave'' Rawlsians argued that consensus necessarily emerges from the reasoned consideration of shared goals. The ''second-wave'', including Tom Christiano, Gerald Gaus, and others, used Rawlsian methods but amended Rawls's conclusions, suggesting concrete procedures by which a binding consensus could be generated. In this book, Cowen proposes a novel third approach: expand Rawls's approach to incorporate the limitations of real political arrangements to solve the problem of discovery and incentives. Cowen's conclusion, that even - and perhaps especially - doctrinaire Rawlsians should support liberal institutions such as market systems and capitalist profit and loss, is sure to generate controversy. But the book is well-argued, and the argument is firmly situated in substantive arguments in political philosophy. Cowen's work is a landmark in our understanding of the relationship between ethical theories and practical politics.' -- Michael C. Munger, Duke University, US 'From Rousseau and Smith to John Rawls and Milton Friedman, liberalism has wished humans to be equal. In his closely argued yet lucid book, Nick Cowen melds the left and right of liberalism. Such an equality requires a plausible theory of what's economically and politically possible. This Cowen elegantly supplies.' -- Deirdre Nansen McCloskey, author of Why Liberalism Works
'The problem any political group faces is how to generate morally binding political choice that somehow reconciles the conflicting plans and purposes of many citizens. The first-wave Rawlsians argued that consensus necessarily emerges from the reasoned consideration of shared goals. The second-wave , including Tom Christiano, Gerald Gaus, and others, used Rawlsian methods but amended Rawls's conclusions, suggesting concrete procedures by which a binding consensus could be generated. In this book, Cowen proposes a novel third approach: expand Rawls's approach to incorporate the limitations of real political arrangements to solve the problem of discovery and incentives. Cowen's conclusion, that even - and perhaps especially - doctrinaire Rawlsians should support liberal institutions such as market systems and capitalist profit and loss, is sure to generate controversy. But the book is well-argued, and the argument is firmly situated in substantive arguments in political philosophy. Cowen's work is a landmark in our understanding of the relationship between ethical theories and practical politics.' -- Michael C. Munger, Duke University, US 'From Rousseau and Smith to John Rawls and Milton Friedman, liberalism has wished humans to be equal. In his closely argued yet lucid book, Nick Cowen melds the left and right of liberalism. Such an equality requires a plausible theory of what's economically and politically possible. This Cowen elegantly supplies.' -- Deirdre Nansen McCloskey, author of Why Liberalism Works
Author Information
Nick Cowen, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lincoln, UK
