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Free and Equal - What Would a Fair Society Look Like? (Hardcover)
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Free and Equal - What Would a Fair Society Look Like? (Hardcover)
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'A tremendous book, timely, wise, authoritative and clear' Stephen
Fry 'A brilliantly eloquent, incredibly insightful reimagining of
liberalism' Owen Jones 'Thank God Daniel Chandler has written this
fine and necessary book' Russell Brand 'Inspiring ... impassioned
... full of hope' Zadie Smith 'This is a fantastic book' Thomas
Piketty Imagine: you are designing a society, but you don't know
who you'll be within it - rich or poor, man or woman, gay or
straight. What would you want that society to look like? This is
the revolutionary thought experiment proposed by the twentieth
century's greatest political philosopher, John Rawls. As economist
and philosopher Daniel Chandler argues in this hugely ambitious and
exhilarating intervention, it is by rediscovering Rawls that we can
find a way out of the escalating crises that are devastating our
world today. Taking Rawls's humane and egalitarian liberalism as
his starting point, Chandler builds a careful and ultimately
irresistible case for a progressive agenda that would fundamentally
reshape our societies for the better. He shows how we can protect
free speech and transcend the culture wars; get money out of
politics; and create an economy where everyone has the chance to
fulfil their potential, where prosperity is widely shared, and
which operates within the limits of our finite planet. This is a
book brimming with hope and possibility - a galvanising alternative
to the cynicism that pervades our politics. Free and Equal has the
potential not only to transform contemporary debate, but to offer a
touchstone for a modern, egalitarian liberalism for many years to
come, cementing Rawls's place in political discourse, and firmly
establishing Chandler as a vital new voice for our time.
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