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"This book is for those who are alarmed by the current state of politics in America. It is a plea for moderation, a defense of our 300-year old constitutional democracy, a criticism of political extremism, and a warning of the destructive consequences of the politicization of aspects of life that should be left to the discretion of individuals. Quarter of a century ago I published the twin volumes of Against Liberalism and A Case for Conservatism. I thought then that liberals and conservatives had fundamental political disagreements. I entered the fray on the side of conservatives. I now realize that I was mistaken. Liberals and conservatives certainly disagreed, but not fundamentally"--
Cover -- Moderate Conservatism -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From Simplicities to Complexities -- The Aim of Moderate Conservatism -- Conventional Lives -- Common Decencies -- Shared Modes of Evaluation -- Sources of Complexities -- 3. Perennial Problems -- Overview -- Contingencies -- Conflicts -- Compromises -- 4. The Problem and the Response -- The Problem -- Complex Evaluations -- Personal Attitudes and Our Political System -- Negative Capability -- Toward Reasonable Actions -- 5. The Rule of Law -- The Approach -- Procedural or Substantive? -- Doubts about Priorities -- The Moderately Substantive Requirement -- Moderate Conservatism and the Rule of Law -- 6. Justice -- Justice as Desert -- Why Should We Get What We Deserve? -- Terms of Cooperation -- The Test of Time -- Justice as Desert: For and Against -- 7. Legal and Political Equality -- The Aim -- Contextuality -- Conditionality -- Practicality -- Justification -- 8. Liberty -- The Concept and Its Complexities -- Negative Liberty -- Reasons against Negative Liberty -- Positive Liberty as Autonomy -- The Exclusivist Mistake -- The Secular Faith and Its Problems -- Limited Liberty -- 9. Private Property -- The Reason for It -- Its Importance -- Interest-​Based Justification -- Entitlement-​Based Justification -- Utility-​Based Justification -- Complex Justification -- 10. Last Words -- References -- Index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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