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02010aam a2200313 a 4500 001 D30DBB04C59D11E188F7F9E06AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20120704010152 008 091009s2010 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2009042807 020 $a 0521119782 (hardback) 020 $a 9780521119788 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)459209983 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BWK $d UKM $d YDXCP $d BWX $d CDX $d HEBIS $d NLGGC $d U5D $d CHRRO $d GYG $d MIX $d NhCcYME $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 050 00 $a JC574 $b .M42 2010 050 00 $a JC574 $b .M42 2010 072 7 $a s1sp $2 rero 084 $a 08.45 $2 bcl 100 1 $a McCabe, David, $d 1963- 245 1 $a Modus vivendi liberalism : $b theory and practice / $c David McCabe. 260 $a Cambridge, UK ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2010. 300 $a vii, 256 p. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "A central task in contemporary political philosophy is to identify principles governing political life where citizens disagree deeply on important questions of value and, more generally, about the proper ends of life. The distinctively liberal response to this challenge insists that the state should as far as possible avoid relying on such contested issues in its basic structure and deliberations. David McCabe critically surveys influential defenses of the liberal solution and advocates modus vivendi liberalism as an alternative defense of the liberal state. Acknowledging that the modus vivendi approach does not provide the deep moral consensus that many liberals demand, he defends the liberal state as an acceptable compromise among citizens who will continue to see it as less than ideal. His book will interest a wide range of readers in political philosophy and political theory"--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Liberalism. 650 0 $a Political science $x Philosophy. 941 $a 1 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20120704011528.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D30DBB04C59D11E188F7F9E06AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search