6 Pretend Liberals in a Pretend Liberal World

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents xi
3. Introduction: Where Do You Get Your Values From? 1
4. Part I. Our Liberal World
5. 1 The Water We Swim In 11
6. 2 What Is Liberalism? 20
7. 3 Liberalism and the Good Life 36
8. 4 What Liberals Don’t Get about Liberalism 60
9. 5 Six Ways Liberalism Shapes Us (and Vice Versa) 85
10. 6 Pretend Liberals in a Pretend Liberal World 114
11. Part II. Soulcraft for Liberals
12. 7 Spiritual Exercises 133
13. 8 What Does a Liberal Way of Life Look Like? 146
14. 9 Seventeen Reasons to Be Liberal 169
15. 10 How to Be Free, Fair, and Fun: Spiritual Exercise 1 179
16. 11 How to Be Sincere and Graceful: Spiritual Exercise 2 195
17. 12 How to Keep Calm, Cool, and to Delight in Others: Spiritual Exercise 3 215
18. Conclusion: Requiem for a Liberal Way of Life? 237
19. Acknowledgments 243
20. Notes 245
21. Index 279
22. A NOTE ON THE TYPE 287