The Practice of Liberal Pluralism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6324835 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Runciman (University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 159-160 |
| Publication date | 2006-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | The Practice of Liberal Pluralism, William A Galston, 2004 |
| Venue | Perspectives on Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1537-5927 • E-ISSN: 1541-0986 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1537592706270142 |
| OpenAlex | W1996606786 |
| Language | EN |
The Practice of Liberal Pluralism. By William A. Galston. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 216p. $65.00 cloth, $26.99 paper. This book seeks to defend the idea of value pluralism set out in William Galston's earlier Liberal Pluralism (2002) against the various criticisms to which it has been subjected, and to explain the ways that this kind of pluralism can be given practical political application. The first of these tasks is efficiently done (in the final section), and as well as offering Galston the chance to modify some previous overstatements of his position (for example, to tone down his criticism of the idea of personal autonomy), the book provides a useful summary of the current state of various philosophical controversies surrounding the politics of liberalism. However the real interest lies in his attempt to make pluralism a practical political doctrine in its own right. Here, his success is mixed. His argument is most persuasive when he is criticizing excessively “monistic” or, as he calls them, “totalist” conceptions of liberal politics. The problem is that these criticisms often appear unobjectionable precisely because they are only weakly connected to a distinctively pluralist alternative
Argument (complex analysis · Autonomy · Criticism · Doctrine · Epistemology · Law and economics · Liberalism · Monism · Pluralism (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Value pluralism · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
Judaism
Values for a Post-Pandemic Future
Galston’s dilemmas and Wisconsin v. Yoder
The Islamic Secular
Populism
Moral impact of technologies from a pluralist perspective
The Polish-Lithuanian borderlands, past and present
Trade unions and CSR
Moral Conflict and Political Obligation in (Highly) Non-ideal Conditions
What the Victims of Tyranny Owe Each Other
Convergence in Ideas, Divergence in Actions
Why Rawls Can't Support Liberal Neutrality
The Problem of Pluralist Authority
The Dworkin–Williams debate
Isaiah Berlin and International Relations
Nationality in the open society
A Liberal Pluralism
We Cannot Give One Millimetre’? Liberalism, Enlightenment and Diversity
Exit Rights and Entrance Paths
Value Pluralism and Communitarianism
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