The Family and the Political Self

Laurence Thomas
Cambridge University Press, 4/13/2006
EAN 9780521670111, ISBN10: 052167011X

Paperback, 200 pages, 21 x 14.8 x 1.2 cm
Language: English

Having children is the most common aim among human beings. The Family and the Political Self aims to capture the insights that can be gleaned from taking this truth seriously. One truth is that human beings may not be as self-interested as is commonly supposed. In this book Laurence Thomas argues that the best construal of the political self reflects this truth.

Introduction
1. Uniquely valued
2. Reconceptualizing the moral self
3. The family as a model for society
4. From family to E Pluribus Unum
Epilogue
the liberty between Plato and modern liberalism.