Reclaiming Liberty From Crisis to Empowerment [Paperback]

Based on a reconstruction of earlier liberal conceptions of liberty (the political theories of John Locke & J.S. Mill), this book stresses the empowering nature of liberal freedom and explains why such a concept of liberty better addresses two key contemporary challenges in liberal theory and praxis: wealth redistribution and multiculturalism.Introduction Liberty in Crisis: from Berlin's Division to Contemporary Practical Challenges Empowering Liberty: Liberty as Interrelated Self & Societal Empowerment Empowering Liberty and Debates about Redistributive Policies Empowering Liberty in a Multicultural Society: A Liberal-Democratic View Empowering Liberty From a Conservative Religious Group's Perspective ConclusionMiriam Bentwich is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Medical Humanities at the Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Her articles, focused on the intersection of bioethics, medical ethics and political philosophy, have been published in top academic journals. She was previously a Fulbright fellow at the University of Notre Dame and a visiting scholar at the University of Toronto.