{"product_id":"constitutional-goods-alan-brudner-9780199274666","title":"Constitutional Goods","description":"In \u003cem\u003eConstitutional Goods\u003c\/em\u003e, Alan Brudner distills the essentials of liberal constitutionalism from the jurisprudence and practice of contemporary liberal-democratic states, and argues that the model liberal-democratic constitution is best understood as a unity of three constitutional frameworks: libertarian, egalitarian, and communitarian. Each of these has a particular conception of public reason. Brudner criticizes each of these frameworks insofar as its organizing conception claims to be fundamental, and moves forward to suggest a Hegelian conception of public reason within which each framework is contained as a constituent element of a whole. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen viewed in this light, the liberal constitution embodies a surprising synthesis. It reconciles a commitment to individual liberty and freedom of conscience with the perfectionist idea that the state ought to cultivate a type of personality whose fundamental ends are the goods essential to dignity. Such a reconciliation, the author suggests, may attract competing liberalisms to a consensus on an inclusive conception of public reason under which political authority is validated for those who share a confidence in the individual's inviolable worth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Brudner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199274665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199274666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.38h x 6.48w x 1.20d","brand":"Alan Brudner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45478322667775,"sku":"9780199274666","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fa0062e4-443a-4273-b373-64df2c12bf59.jpg?v=1715934925","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/constitutional-goods-alan-brudner-9780199274666","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}