Liberalism and the Limits of Justice: Preface to the Second Edition: The Limits of Communitarianism
Liberalism and the Limits of Justice: Preface to the Second Edition: The Limits of Communitarianism
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自由主义与正义的局限性：第二版序言：社群主义的局限性
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10.1017/cbo9780511810152.001
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1998
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Michael J. Sandel
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作者：
Michael J. Sandel
自本书首次出版以来，政治哲学的面貌发生了很大变化。 20 世纪 80 年代和 90 年代出现了大量的书籍和文章，专门讨论现在被称为“自由主义与社群主义”的辩论。与此同时，约翰·罗尔斯（John Rawls）以重要的方式重塑了他的理论，他的当之无愧的著名著作《正义论》是我批评的主要焦点。在第二版的新的最后一章中，我研究了罗尔斯在他最近的著作中提出的自由主义的修订版本。在这篇序言中，我希望表达对“社群主义”标签的一些不安，该标签已应用于自由主义和正义的限度（LLJ）中提出的观点。社群主义的错误之处 与其他当代自由主义政治理论批评家，特别是阿拉斯代尔·麦金太尔、查尔斯·泰勒和迈克尔·沃尔泽的作品一样，LLJ 也逐渐被认为是对以权利为导向的自由主义的“社群主义”批判。由于我的部分论点是当代自由主义对共同体的解释不充分，所以这个词在某种程度上是合适的。然而，在许多方面，这个标签具有误导性。近年来，政治哲学家中激烈的“自由主义与社群主义”争论描述了一系列问题，而我并不总是站在社群主义一边。
Much has changed in the landscape of political philosophy since this book first appeared. The 1980s and 1990s brought an avalanche of books and articles devoted to what now goes by the name of the ‘liberal-communitarian’ debate. Meanwhile, John Rawls, whose deservedly celebrated work A Theory of Justice was the primary focus of my critique, has recast his theory in important ways. In the new final chapter for this second edition, I examine the revised version of liberalism that Rawls presents in his recent work. In this preface, I wish to register some unease with the ‘communitarian’ label that has been applied to the view advanced in Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (LLJ) . WHERE COMMUNITARIANISM GOES WRONG Along with the works of other contemporary critics of liberal political theory, notably Alasdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor, and Michael Walzer, LLJ has come to be identified with the ‘communitarian’ critique of rights-oriented liberalism. Since part of my argument is that contemporary liberalism offers an inadequate account of community, the term fits to some extent. In many respects, however, the label is misleading. The ‘liberal-communitarian’ debate that has raged among political philosophers in recent years describes a range of issues, and I do not always find myself on the communitarian side.