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Liberalism, Pluralism and Education
… of John Rawls as laid out in his book Political Liberalism. The first section of the thesis defends Rawls' account from its most prominent critics. In particular, I defend Rawls’ response to pluralism. Following this, I analyse the application of political liberalism to education. This reveals a …
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Liberalism and the virtues
This thesis argues for a new understanding of liberal morality and its relationship to liberal justice. Traditionally, theorists of liberal democracy have relegated the liberal virtues---traits such as tolerance, reasonableness, and fairness---to a secondary role within the theory and practice of …
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Rawls, Liberalism, and Leisure
There is a tension within liberalism between the ideal of equality on the one hand and the respect for freedom (in the form of non-interference) on the other. I shall try to show that in liberalism?s efforts to simultaneously realize its goals of freedom and equality it must ultimately settle for …
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Liberalism, self-determination, and secession.
This dissertation provides a systematic analysis of when an individual or group has a right to secede that is grounded in self-determination. Since the primary question in a secessionist conflict concerns the territory being contested, any analysis of the right to secede must provide an account of …
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Political Liberalism and LGBTQ+ Citizens
… leverages the theoretical resources of political liberalism – a substantive normative ideal of freedom and equality – to diagnose those injustices and justify measures to secure the free and equal standing of LGBTQ+ citizens. Where those theoretical resources do not exist, this thesis develops …
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Rawls, Political Liberalism, and Moral Virtues
… to the moral virtues in his theory of political liberalism, as in all of his system of justice as fairness. Some philosophers, mostly of the Aristotelian-Aquinian traditions, have generally lamented what they regard as the abandonment of the moral virtues by modern and contemporary, liberal, …
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Liberalism in South Africa 1948-1963
xxxvii, 475 leaves
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Liberalism, Democracy and the Mass Media
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Walter Lippmann's Search for a Sustainable Liberalism
… journey represents the journey of American liberalism in the 20th century: an attempted return from infatuation with the progressive ideals of inevitable historical development and scientific progress to the stability of human rights and freedom. America’s path to defining its brand of …
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Liberalism and the 'New Republic': 1914-1960
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Political liberalism, social pluralism and group conflict
This dissertation develops a political liberal approach to multiculturalism as an alternative to its dismissal by some egalitarian liberals and its celebration by some multicultural liberals. Some egalitarian liberals overstate the liberal tension with group-specific claims, disregard the role of …
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Slavery and abortion: the paradox of american liberalism
… My contention is that it is the paradox of liberalism that allows for this. Slavery is the quintessential illiberal institution, yet liberal concepts allowed it to exist in America for over 200 years. It is my contention that abortion is another illiberal institution that is being promoted …
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The Liberalism-Communitarianism Debate: A Neo-Hegelian Aufhebung
The central issues in dispute between the liberals and communitarians arise from the social nature of individuals. Communitarians claim that this aspect of our nature requires a methodology that is rooted in the traditions and customs of particular societies. The substantive conclusions of this …
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Teeth Gritting Harmony: The Ideology of Neo -Liberalism
"Teeth Gritting Harmony: The Ideology of Neo-Liberalism critically examines the ideology of the unfettered, laissez-faire market alongside the mass media institutions and the subjects' everyday practices which reproduce its myriad forms. The first two chapters lay out the theoretical scaffolding …
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Contextual Effects and Support for Liberalism: A Comparative Analysis
… economic development to result in growing liberalism (Chapter 2). Many societies sharing similar economic and cultural backgrounds (such as Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan) have successfully embraced liberal values. I argue that it is necessary to consider a neglected contextual …
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War Criminal, Multiculturalism, and Post-war Liberalism in Canada
In 1985, the federal government of Canada responded to concerns that Nazi war criminals were resident in the country by establishing a Royal Commission. Under the leadership of Judge Jules Deschênes the Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals was asked to investigate three questions: if war …
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