Contract, culture, and citizenship : transformative liberalism from Hobbes to Rawls / Mark E. Button.

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Button, Mark E

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780271056623
0271056622
0271049065
9780271049069

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Contract, culture, and citizenship.DDC classification:

320.1/1 22

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JC336 .B88 2008eb

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Contents:

"Where justice is called a virtue" : public reason and civic formation in Thomas Hobbes -- Compact before liberal constructivism : the divine politics of John Locke -- Governing subjects and breeding citizens : dilemmas of public reasoning and public judgment in Locke -- Rousseau's contractarian republic : the culture of constitutional self-government -- John Rawls, public reason, and transformative liberalism today -- Conclusion : the politics of not settling down.

Summary: "Explores the concept of the social contract and how it shapes citizenship. Argues that the modern social contract is an account of the ethical and cultural conditions upon which modern citizenship depends"--Provided by publisher.

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"Explores the concept of the social contract and how it shapes citizenship. Argues that the modern social contract is an account of the ethical and cultural conditions upon which modern citizenship depends"--Provided by publisher.