The Theology of Liberalism : : Political Philosophy and the Justice of God / / Eric Nelson.
Modern liberal political philosophy is closely associated with post-1945 secularism. But Eric Nelson contends that the liberal tradition founded by John Rawls is an unwitting outgrowth of ancient theological debates about justice and evil. When we understand this, we can better untangle the knotted...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Pelagian Origins
- 2. Representation and the Fall
- 3. “The Bargain Basis”: Rawls, Anti-Pelagianism, and Moral Arbitrariness
- 4. Egalitarianism and Theodicy
- 5. Justice, Equality, and Institutions
- 6. “God gave the world to Adam, and his posterity in common”: Appropriation and the Left-Libertarian Challenge
- Conclusion: Back to Representation
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index