Abstract: Liberalism was born in the pre-modern period of the late-seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Like any political theory, there are competing versions of liberalism, ranging from the social welfare liberalism of John Rawls, to the libertarian liberalism of Robert Nozick, to the conservative liberalism of Friedrich Hayek, to the pluralistic liberalism of Isaiah Berlin, to the egalitarian liberalism of Amy Gutman. The picture is further complicated because liberalism consists not just of a political theory and system of government, but also a culture, an economic theory, a psychology, a theory of ethics, and a theory of knowledge. Notwithstanding this variety and complexity, every version of liberalism reserves an essential place for the rule of law. And the rule of law today is thoroughly understood in terms of liberalism.
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-11-18
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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