Epistemic liberalism : a defence /: a defence. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Adam James Tebble.
• Authors: Tebble, A. J
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgement; Introduction; Political theory and the cultural turn; Epistemic liberalism: articulating a tradition; Hayek, epistemic liberalism and the cultural turn; The plan of this book; Notes; Part I: The knowledge problem revisited; 1. Liberalism and the knowledge problem; Economics and the knowledge problem; An epistemic conception of the 'semiscient' self; The cultural knowledge problem and cultural evolution; Notes; 2. Justice and complex adaptation; Distributive justice and the role of the state Objections to economic liberty as a discovery procedureThe economic knowledge problem and the worth of liberty; Cultural evolution and equal individual cultural liberty; From cultural evolution to complex cultural adaptation; Epistemic liberalism, neutrality and the problem of political morality; Notes; Part II: Justice and the arbitration of cultural practice; 3. Difference, democracy and the politics of inclusion; Diversity and equality; Diversity and democratic deliberation; Group-differentiated representation and inclusion; Democratic deliberation and collective arbitration Inclusion, difference and complex cultural adaptationNotes; 4. The politics of national identity; Conservative nationalism; Conservatism, patriotism and the cultural knowledge problem; Liberal nationalism; Nationality and complex cultural adaptation; Social justice and complex cultural adaptation; Notes; 5. Complex adaptation and the culture of welfare; Liberal multiculturalism; Benign neglect, welfare and the state; Culture versus equality; Welfare and complex cultural adaptation; Autonomy, neutrality and complex cultural adaptation; Notes; Part III: Epistemic liberalism 6. The permissive societyComplex cultural adaptation as collective arbitration; Liberty, discrimination and the silence of the law; Discrimination, affirmative action and the relief of burdens; Permissiveness, publicity and the role of politics; Notes; 7. Why permit permissiveness?; Between anarchy and the cultural construction of society; Liberty and equality in Kukathas's theory of the state; Three objections to epistemic liberalism; Concluding remarks; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.51; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General; Liberalism -- Philosophy; Knowledge, Theory of; Justice; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference; Justice; Knowledge, Theory of; Liberalism -- Philosophy; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317310327; 1317310322
• Related ISBNs: 9780415591997
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 15, 2016).
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