Liberty

One Tradition, Several Liberalisms “Liberalism” names a family of positions rather than a single doctrine. What unites them is a normative core: individual liberty has political priority, collective power requires justification to those who are subject to it, and a society must accommodate reasonable disagreement about the good. Around this core the authors diverge on almost everything: the foundation of liberty (natural right, utility, value pluralism, epistemic efficiency), the role of the state in the economy, and the place of community and tradition. ...