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Imposing Values - Liberalism and Regulation (Hardcover)
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Imposing Values - Liberalism and Regulation (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Political Philosophy
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A major question for liberal politics and liberal political theory
concerns the proper scope of government. Liberalism has always
favored limited government, but there has been wide-ranging dispute
among liberals about just how extensive the scope of government
should be. Included in this dispute are questions about the extent
of state ownership of the means of production, redistribution of
wealth and income through the tax code and transfer programs, and
the extent of government regulation.
One of N. Scott Arnold's goals is to give an accurate
characterization of both modern liberalism and classical
liberalism, explaining along the way why libertarianism is not the
only form that classical liberalism can take. The main focus of
Arnold's book, however, concerns regulation--specifically, the
modern liberal regulatory agenda as it has taken shape in
contemporary American society. This is the set of regulatory
regimes favored by all modern liberals and opposed by all classical
liberals. It includes contemporary employment law in all its
manifestations, health and safety regulation, and land use
regulation. The heart of the book consists of a systematic
evaluation of arguments for and against all the items on this
agenda. It turns out that there are good arguments on both sides
for most of these regulatory regimes. Because of this, and because
someone's vision of the proper scope of government will ultimately
prevail, some procedural requirements that all liberals could agree
to must be satisfied for one side to impose legitimately its values
on the polity at large. These procedural requirements are
identified, argued for, and then applied to the elements of the
modern liberal regulatory agenda. Arnold argues that many, though
not all, of these elements have been illegitimately imposed on
American society.
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