Boundaries and allegiances: problems of justice and responsibility in liberal thought

The author examines challenges to liberal thought posed by the changing circumstances of the modern world and considers whether liberal principles of justice can accommodate social and global interdependencies while reaffirming the importance of individual responsibility

The author examines challenges to liberal thought posed by the changing circumstances of the modern world and considers whether liberal principles of justice can accommodate social and global interdependencies while reaffirming the importance of individual responsibility.

This book is a collection of eleven essays by one of the most interesting moral philosophers currently writing. It examines challenges to liberal thought posed by the changing circumstances of the modern world such as the conflicting tendencies toward global integration, and greater ethnic and communal identification. The author considers whether liberal principles of justice can accommodate social and global interdependencies while reaffirming the importance ofindividual responsibility and acknowledging the significance of people's diverse personal and communal allegiances.