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A conflict of visions

"In this classic work, Thomas Sowell analyzes the two competing visions that shape our debates about the nature of reason, justice, equality, and power: the 'constrained' vision, which sees human nature as unchanging and selfish, and the 'unconstrained' vision, in which human nature is malleable and perfectible. He describes how these two radically opposed views have manifested themselves in the political controversies of the past two centuries, including such contemporary issues as welfare reform, social justice, and crime. Updated to include sweeping political changes since its first publication in 1987, this revised edition of A Conflict of Visions offers a convincing case that ethical and policy disputes circle around the disparity between both outlooks"--Provided by publisher.

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  • "Ideological origins of political struggles"
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  • "Idealogical origins of political struggles"@en

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  • "Controversies in politics arise from many sources, but the conflicts which endure for generations or for centuries show a remarkably consistent pattern. This book maintains that the enduring political controversies of the past two centuries reflect radically different assumptions about the nature of man. The very meaning of such words as "freedom," "equality," "rights," and "power" is drastically different in the context of different visions of man. Issues as diverse as criminal justice, income distribution, or war and peace repeatedly show those with one vision lining up on one side and those with another lining up on the other. The varied writings of such landmark figures as Adam Smith, Edmund Burke, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Milton Friedman show the clear mark of one vision, while the opposite vision is manifested in another tradition which extends from Thomas Paine and Condorcet to George Bernard Shaw, John Kenneth Galbraith, and John Rawls. At the heart of the conflict are questions about the moral and intellectual capabilities of human beings, and how these capabilities vary from one individual or group to another. The historical record shows these assumptions to be surprisingly different from what is commonly believed about the basic premises of the political left and the political right. The purpose of this book is not to choose between the two principal visions of the modern era, but to show the inherent logic of each. These are not rarefied theoretical--everyone is part of the conflict, and the stakes are as real as money, power, and survival.--From publisher description."
  • "This revised edition of a classic analyzes the centuries-long debates about the nature of reason, justice, equality and power."
  • ""In this classic work, Thomas Sowell analyzes the two competing visions that shape our debates about the nature of reason, justice, equality, and power: the 'constrained' vision, which sees human nature as unchanging and selfish, and the 'unconstrained' vision, in which human nature is malleable and perfectible. He describes how these two radically opposed views have manifested themselves in the political controversies of the past two centuries, including such contemporary issues as welfare reform, social justice, and crime. Updated to include sweeping political changes since its first publication in 1987, this revised edition of A Conflict of Visions offers a convincing case that ethical and policy disputes circle around the disparity between both outlooks"--Provided by publisher."@en

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  • "Conflicto de visiones : orígenes ideológicos de las luchas políticas"@es
  • "Conflicto de visiones : orígenes ideológicos de las luchas políticas"
  • "A conflict of visions : Ideological origins of political struggles"
  • "ʻImut ben hashḳafot : ha-meḳorot ha-ideʼologiyim le-maʼavaḳim poliṭiyim"
  • "Conflicto de visiones orígenes ideológicos de las luchas políticas"@es
  • "A conflict of visions : <ideological origins of political struggles&gt"
  • "A Conflict of visions"
  • "Conflicto de visiones"@es
  • "A conflict of visions"
  • "A conflict of visions"@en
  • "A conflict of visions : ideological origins of political struggles"@en
  • "A conflict of visions : ideological origins of political struggles"
  • "A conflict of visions [ideological origins of political struggles]"
  • "A conflict of visions ideological origins of political struggles"
  • "A conflict of visions ideological origins of political struggles"@en
  • "עימות בין השקפות"
  • "A conflict of visions idealogical origins of political struggles"@en

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