Introduction: Pragmatic Instrumentalism -- The Individual -- The Unity of Freedom and Virtue: A Deweyan Conception of Autonomy -- The Context of Freedom: A Deweyan Conception of the Self -- The Freedom of Creativity: A Deweyan Conception of Individuality -- The Community -- The Unity of Freedom and Authority: A Deweyan Conception of Social Intelligence -- The Unity of Freedom and the Good: A Deweyan Justification of Liberalism -- Cultural Evolution -- Conclusion: The Synthesis of Progress and Tradition
Summary
"John Dewey's classical pragmatism, Daniel M. Savage asserts, can be used to provide a self-development-based justification of liberal democracy that shows the current debate between liberal individualism and republican communitarianism to be based largely on a set of pseudoproblems."--Jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index
