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Liberalism Undressed (Hardcover)
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Liberalism Undressed (Hardcover)
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One of mankind's most enduring questions is the legitimate scope of
state power: how far and in what ways may the government meddle
with people's lives? Where lies the line that government ought not
cross? For more than three centuries, the western world has
answered these questions with with institutions and practices that
collectively have come to be known as liberal democracy. Though
deeply rooted, liberalism has stirred critical attacks from both
the left and the right and it has never wholly won the day. During
the past 40 years, many of liberalism's most distinguished
defenders have presented complex, controversial, abstruse, and even
impenetrable theories to justify liberal institutions and
practices, often relying on metaphysical constructs, imaginary
beings, and fanciful events to fashion abstract liberal principles
that rarely reach real-world problems.
In Liberalism Undressed, Jethro K. Lieberman returns to
liberalism's roots to explain, in accessible and readable prose,
why liberalism retains its power and appeal. He begins with the
memorable thesis of John Stuart Mill, who drew from earlier liberal
writers, that "the only purpose for which power can be rightfully
exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his
will, is to prevent harm to others." Building on Mill's well-known,
but rarely analyzed, Harm Principle, Liberalism Undressed
undertakes to show that this widely-accepted precept-"it's a free
country; I should be able to do what I want as long as I don't hurt
anybody"-can justify a government robust enough to deal with
pressing modern problems of human harm and suffering while
restrained enough to provide people freedom to live life on their
own terms. A powerful reinterpretation of liberalism's foundations,
it forces us to rethink our understanding of the meaning of harm
and the proper role of government in our individual and communal
lives.
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