Justice and Truth: A Critical Examination of the Liberal Contract

This paper presents a critique of American liberal capitalism, a system that began as a mere experiment but has now become the only form of life that is broadly recognized as legitimate. Such legitimation is sustained by the seemingly objective and transcendent authority of a consensus that, as a ma...

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Main Author: Poulain, Jacques 1942- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2003
In: Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
Year: 2003, Volume: 77, Pages: 53-72
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