Liberalism and Value Pluralism

by George Crowder

Value pluralism is the idea, associated with the late Isaiah Berlin, that fundamental human values are irreducibly plural and incommensurable. Ends like liberty, equality and community are intrinsic goods which can neither be ranked in an absolute hierarchy nor translated into units of a common denominator. If that is true, how can we choose among such values when they come into conflict in particular cases? In particular, what reason is there...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826450482
• ISBN13: 9780826450487
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.8"