Public Goods, Private Goods.
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Word Count
38,000 words, Guess
Page Count
152 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivepublicgoodspriva00geus
- ISBN-100691089035
- ISBN-139780691089034
- Goodreads3285550
- LibraryThing662644
and 4 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2001021991
- OCLC Control Number45879557
- Better World Books9780691089034
- Open LibraryOL7758039M
Classifications
- LCCJC574.G48 2001
- LCCJC574 .G48 2001
Description
"Much political thinking today, particularly that influenced by liberalism, assumes a clear distinction between the public and the private, and holds that the correct understanding of this distinction should weigh heavily in our attitude to human goods. It is widely held, for instance, that the state may address human action in the "public" realm but not in the "private." In Public Goods, Private Goods Raymond Geuss exposes the profound flaws of such thinking and calls for a more nuanced approach. Drawing on a series of colorful examples from the ancient world, he illustrates some of the many ways in which actions can in fact be understood as public or private."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
IN 1814 ONE OF THE founding figures of European liberalism, Benjamin Constant, published what was to become his most influential book on politics, De l'esprit de conquete et de l'usurpation.
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