William A. Galston

Auteur van Anti-Pluralism: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy

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William A. Galston is a former policy advisor to President Bill Clinton and currently holds the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in the Governance Studies Program at the Brookings Institution, where he serves as a senior fellow.

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Anti-Pluralism: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy (2018) 47 exemplaren

Liberal Pluralism: The Implications of Value Pluralism for Political Theory and Practice (2002) 45 exemplaren

Liberal Purposes: Goods, Virtues, and Diversity in the Liberal State (1991) 43 exemplaren

Virtue (1992) — Redacteur — 20 exemplaren

The Practice of Liberal Pluralism (2004) 10 exemplaren

Kant and the problem of history (1975) 9 exemplaren

Poverty and Morality: Religious and Secular Perspectives (2010) — Redacteur — 9 exemplaren

Public Matters: Politics, Policy, and Religion in the 21st Century (2005) 8 exemplaren

Justice and the Human Good (1980) 6 exemplaren

Rural Development in the United States: Connecting Theory, Practice, and Possibilities (1995) 6 exemplaren

The new challenge to market democracies : the political and social costs of economic stagnation (2014) 3 exemplaren

The politics of evasion: Democrats and the presidency 1 exemplaar

A Nation of Spectators: How Civic Disengagement Weakens America and What We Can Do About It 1 exemplaar

Do Americans Believe Capitalism and Government Are Working?: Religious Left, Religious Right & the Future of the… 1 exemplaar

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The Many and the One: Religious and Secular Perspectives on Ethical Pluralism in the Modern World (2003) — Medewerker — 16 exemplaren

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Gangbare naam: Galston, William A.
Geboortedatum: 1946-01-17
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: USA
Opleiding: Cornell University (BA|1967)
University of Chicago (PhD|1973)

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Kant and the Problem of History door William A. Galston

Galston points to a tension present in Kant's thinking on ethics between the moral obligations of individual actors and the seemingly amoral work of history unfolding. Why are we justified in personifying history in this way? Does this not amount to a kind of anthropomorphism of what is essentially just an aggregate of human actions through time? Galston also suggests that the tensions seems to allow an "end justifying the means" mentality in cases where one perceives oneself as playing an inextricable role in the disclosure of history. Although the book's argument does nicely resonate with the ethical motifs of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, I found it all a bit boring and uninspired.… (meer)

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mavaddat | Jul 11, 2017 |

Justice and the Human Good door William A. Galston

Covers LOTS of topics in ethics with regard to justice and outcomes called 'good' - DO recall that calling outcomes 'good' goes back (at least) as far as Genesis (where the Creation was called 'good' - despite all the conflict that currently seems inherent IN the world at hand).

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vegetarian | Dec 15, 2011 |

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