Review of Social Justice in the Liberal State

Authors

Donald H. Regan, University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Review

Publication Date

1983

Abstract

Bruce Ackerman's goal, in Social Justice in the Liberal State, is to provide a new foundation for liberal political theory. Ackerman is dissatisfied with both utilitarian and contractarian defenses of liberal political institutions. Indeed, he writes most persuasively when he is criticizing utilitarians and contractarians, though his criticisms are largely familiar.

Recommended Citation

Regan, Donald H. Review of Social Justice in the Liberal State, by B. Ackerman. Phil. Rev. 92, no. 4 (1983): 604-7.