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Flathman explores varieties of pluralism more broadly and deeply than is typical in contemporary moral and political theory, and identifies a fund of viable pluralist theories that can inform a richer and more defensible account of liberalism. -- William Galston, Maryland School of Public Policy

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Bases, Limits, and Values of Pluralism: An Engagement with William James
Chapter 3. Plurality, the Private/Personal and the Public/Political: Pluralism Chez Hannah Arendt
Chapter 4. The Moral and Political Pluralism of Stuart Hampshire
Chapter 5. Idealism and Pluralism: Michael Oakeshott
Chapter 6. Whether, Which, and Whither Pluralism? Pluralism and Liberalism
Notes
References
Index

About the Author

Richard E. Flathman is the George Armstrong Kelly Memorial Professor of Political Science at the Johns Hopkins University.

Reviews

Offers a deeply pondered analysis. -- Noel O'Sullivan Political Studies Review Revealing, thought-provoking, and rewarding. -- Robert B. Talisse Social Theory and Practice Much to admire in this characteristically provocative and scholarly book. -- John Christman Ethics Helps us understand the complex ways in which the pluralist sensibility opens the path to a richer and more psychologically realistic liberalism. -- William A. Galston Perspectives on Politics