Critic of Amy Gutmann : The Constructive Potential of Communitarian Values for Liberalism
Journal
Sic et non : Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Kultur im Netz
ISSN
1431-2387
ISSN-Digital
1431-2395
Type
newspaper article
Date Issued
2005
Author(s)
Abstract
The view of Amy Gutmann is that communitarians have been unsuccessful in undermining liberalism. However, she thinks that their work presents a welcome challenge to it. In her opinion, the communitarian criticism, rather than giving good reason to abandon liberalism, is of use in an attempt to discover a liberalism that successfully combines communitarian with liberal values. This paper examines the extent to which Gutmann successfully shows that communitarian values, like kinship, affection, or a sense of common purpose, have the latent but unrealized capacity to serve to improve liberalism.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Publisher place
München
Volume
1
Number
2
Start page
1
End page
7
Pages
7
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
243391