Public goods, private goods:
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Main Author: Geuss, Raymond (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press ©2001
Series:Princeton monographs in philosophy
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-144) and index
PREFACE; CHAPTER I. Introduction; CHAPTER II. Shamelessness and the Public World; CHAPTER III. Res Publica; CHAPTER IV. The Spiritual and the Private; CHAPTER V. Liberalism; CHAPTER VI. Conclusion; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX.
Much political thinking today, particularly that influenced by liberalism, assumes a clear distinction between the public and the private, and holds that the correct understanding of this should weigh heavily in our attitude to human goods. It is, for instance, widely held that the state may address human action in the ''public'' realm but not in the ''private.'' In Public Goods, Private Goods Raymond Geuss exposes the profound flaws of such thinking and calls for a more nuanced approach. Drawing on a series of colorful examples from the ancient world, he illustrates some of the many ways in w
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 148 pages)
ISBN:0691089035
1400824826
9780691117201
9781400824823

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