Dream capitalism
John Tomasi’s Free Market Fairness represents an heroic attempt to bridge the gap between Rawlsian ‘high liberals’ and the advocates of classical liberalism/contemporary libertarianism. I argue that Tomasi’s project fails, above all because it cannot give a compelling account of contemporary (Ameri...
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| description | John Tomasi’s Free Market Fairness represents an heroic attempt to bridge the gap between Rawlsian ‘high liberals’ and the advocates of classical liberalism/contemporary libertarianism. I argue that Tomasi’s project fails, above all because it cannot give a compelling account of contemporary (American) capitalism or of its capacity to deliver free market fairness. |
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| spelling | nottingham-320002020-05-04T20:06:13Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32000/ Dream capitalism Pierson, Christopher John Tomasi’s Free Market Fairness represents an heroic attempt to bridge the gap between Rawlsian ‘high liberals’ and the advocates of classical liberalism/contemporary libertarianism. I argue that Tomasi’s project fails, above all because it cannot give a compelling account of contemporary (American) capitalism or of its capacity to deliver free market fairness. Springer 2015-12 Article PeerReviewed Pierson, Christopher (2015) Dream capitalism. Res Publica, 21 (4). pp. 383-395. ISSN 1356-4765 Property rights; Justice; Tomasi; Rawls http://link.springer.com/journal/11158 doi:10.1007/s11158-015-9299-5 doi:10.1007/s11158-015-9299-5 |
| spellingShingle | Property rights; Justice; Tomasi; Rawls Pierson, Christopher Dream capitalism |
| title | Dream capitalism |
| title_full | Dream capitalism |
| title_fullStr | Dream capitalism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dream capitalism |
| title_short | Dream capitalism |
| title_sort | dream capitalism |
| topic | Property rights; Justice; Tomasi; Rawls |
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