Ian Hunt is associate professor of philosophy at Flinders University.

Ian Hunt’s Liberal Socialism is both a powerful contribution to the critique of hegemonic modes of justification for neoliberal capitalism, and an important attempt to synthesise elements from Marx and Rawls into an alternative to this unjust social ideal. While I don’t share all of Hunt’s political conclusions, his book deserves to be taken seriously by all those concerned with challenging the injustices characteristic of the modern world.

• Chapter One: IntroductionChapter Two: The Question of Social ChoiceChapter Three: Philosophical Foundations of Neo-LiberalismChapter Four: Capitalism and Justice: A Synthesis of Marx and RawlsChapter Five: Distributive Justice and Regulative Justice: A Modified Rawlsian Political Conception of JusticeChapter Six: A Highest Good for Civic Liberal SocialismChapter Seven: Fair Values and Good Values of FreedomsChapter Eight: Is There Hope For Another Time And Place?

Ian Hunt is associate professor of philosophy at Flinders University.

Ian Hunt’s Liberal Socialism is both a powerful contribution to the critique of hegemonic modes of justification for neoliberal capitalism, and an important attempt to synthesise elements from Marx and Rawls into an alternative to this unjust social ideal. While I don’t share all of Hunt’s political conclusions, his book deserves to be taken seriously by all those concerned with challenging the injustices characteristic of the modern world.

• Chapter One: IntroductionChapter Two: The Question of Social ChoiceChapter Three: Philosophical Foundations of Neo-LiberalismChapter Four: Capitalism and Justice: A Synthesis of Marx and RawlsChapter Five: Distributive Justice and Regulative Justice: A Modified Rawlsian Political Conception of JusticeChapter Six: A Highest Good for Civic Liberal SocialismChapter Seven: Fair Values and Good Values of FreedomsChapter Eight: Is There Hope For Another Time And Place?

Ian Hunt is associate professor of philosophy at Flinders University.

Ian Hunt’s Liberal Socialism is both a powerful contribution to the critique of hegemonic modes of justification for neoliberal capitalism, and an important attempt to synthesise elements from Marx and Rawls into an alternative to this unjust social ideal. While I don’t share all of Hunt’s political conclusions, his book deserves to be taken seriously by all those concerned with challenging the injustices characteristic of the modern world.

• Chapter One: IntroductionChapter Two: The Question of Social ChoiceChapter Three: Philosophical Foundations of Neo-LiberalismChapter Four: Capitalism and Justice: A Synthesis of Marx and RawlsChapter Five: Distributive Justice and Regulative Justice: A Modified Rawlsian Political Conception of JusticeChapter Six: A Highest Good for Civic Liberal SocialismChapter Seven: Fair Values and Good Values of FreedomsChapter Eight: Is There Hope For Another Time And Place?