NINE. Cross-Purposes: The Liberal-Communitarian Debate

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. I. Varieties of Liberalism Today
5. ONE. The Liberalism of Fear 21
6. TWO. Humanist Liberalism 39
7. THREE. Liberal Democracy and the Costs of Consent 54
8. II. Education and the Moral Life
9. FOUR. Undemocratic Education 71
10. FIVE. Civic Education in the Liberal State 89
11. III. Moral Conflict
12. SIX. Class Conflict and Constitutionalism in J. S. Mill’s Thought 105
13. SEVEN. Making Sense of Moral Conflict 127
14. EIGHT. Liberal Dialogue Versus a Critical Theory of Discursive Legitimation 143
15. IV. Repairing Individualist and Communitarian Failings
16. NINE. Cross-Purposes: The Liberal-Communitarian Debate 159
17. TEN. Democratic Individuality and the Meaning of Rights 183
18. ELEVEN. Pluralism and Self-Defense 207
19. TWELVE. The Permanent Structure of Antiliberal Thought 227
20. Notes 255
21. Acknowledgments 293
22. Contributors 295
23. Index 297