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In Toward a Liberalism, Richard Flathman shows why and how political theory can contribute to the quality of moral and political practice without violating, as empiricist- and idealist-based theories tend to do, liberal commitments to individuality and plurality. Exploring the tense but inevitable relationship between liberalism and authority, he advances a theory of democratic citizenship tempered by appreciation of the ways in which citizenship is implicated with and augments authority. Flathman examines the relationship of individual rights to freedom on one hand and to authority and power on the other, rejecting the quest for a single homogenous and authoritative liberal theory.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- CHAPTER I Europe and the Theologico-Political Problem -- CHAPTER II Machiavelli and the Fecundity of Evil -- CHAPTER III Hobbes and the New Political Art -- CHAPTER IV Locke, Labor, and Property -- CHAPTER V Montesquieu and the Separation of Powers -- CHAPTER VI Rousseau, Critic of Liberalism -- CHAPTER VII Liberalism after the French Revolution -- CHAPTER VIII Benjamin Constant and the Liberalism of Opposition -- CHAPTER IX François Guizot: The Liberalism of Government -- CHAPTER X Tocqueville: Liberalism Confronts Democracy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Modern Philosophers and Freedom -- Chapter 2. Autonomy -- Chapter 3. Equality and Freedom -- Chapter 4. Rights and Freedom -- Chapter 5. The Contradiction of Liberalism -- Chapter 6. Liberalism and Utilitarianism -- Chapter 7. Liberalism and Some Logical Considerations -- Chapter 8. A Classical Understanding of Freedom -- Chapter 9. Recapitulations-Modern -- Chapter 10. The Premodern Alternative -- Bibliography -- Index

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: The Task Ahead-Rediscovering the Liberal Tradition -- 1. The Decline of Liberalism in the Eighties -- 2. A History of Attacks on Liberalism: Patterns of Hysteria and Reaction -- 3. The Liberal Political Philosophy -- 4. The Liberal Tradition in America -- 5. Liberalism and Affirmative Government -- 6. Lessons from History: A Comparison of Liberalism and Conservatism -- 7. The Recognition and Role of Values in the Liberal Tradition -- 8. Liberalism and Community -- 9. A Liberal Approach to Four Contemporary Issues -- 10. The Crisis of Liberalism and the Challenges for the Future -- Conclusion: The Importance of Ideology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This spirited analysis and defence of American liberalism demonstrates the complex and rich traditions of political, economic, and social discourse that have informed American democratic culture from the seventeenth century to the present. The Virtues of Liberalism provides a convincing response to critics right and left. In contrast to prevailing tendencies to simplify and distort American liberalism, Kloppenberg shows how the multifaceted virtues of liberalism have inspired theorists and reformers from Jefferson and Madison through Jane Addams and John Dewey to Martin Luther King Jr., and how these virtues persist in the work of liberal democrats today. Endorsing the efforts of such neo-progressive and communitarian theorists and journalists as Michael Walzer, Jane Mansbridge, and Michael Sandel, Kloppenberg adds a more acute analysis of the historical development of American liberalism and of the complex reasons why it has been transformed and made more vulnerable in recent decades.; At a time when conservatives join radicals in distorting the development of liberalism and underestimating its resources, Kloppenberg offers a probing historical analysis and reassessment of the theory and practice of liberalism today.

1. J.S. Mill and the future of liberalism -- 2. The liberalism of Karl Popper -- 3. Social contract, community and ideology -- 4. On negative and positive liberty -- 5. Freedom, slavery and contentment -- 6. Hayek on liberty, rights and justice -- 7. Spencer on the ethics of liberty and the limits of state interference -- 8. Indirect utility and fundamental rights -- 9. Liberalism and the choice of liberties -- 10. Contractarian method, private property and the market economy -- 11. Oakeshott on law, liberty and civil association -- 12. Mill's and other liberalisms.

The Conditions in Which Liberalism and Capitalism Appeared. The Conditions in Which Liberalism and Capitalism Appeared -- Political and Legal Conditions -- Economic and Sociological Conditions -- The Evolution of Liberalism and Capitalism. The Evolution of Liberalism and Capitalism -- The Birth of a New Capitalism in a New World: Financial Capitalism -- Towards 21st Century Capitalism.