2 METHODOLOGY:
PART I
3 LIBERALISM: AN UNFULFILLED PROMISE?
3.1 The Classical Foundation of Liberalism
4 AN UNFULFILLED PROMISE WORTH KEEPING?
4.1 History as a Proponent for Liberal Principles
PART II
5 'GENUINE MERITOCRACY'
5.1 Marketization: A Means for Greater Efficiency Gone Rogue
6 EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY: MERIT ON EVEN PLAYING FIELDS
6.1 Higher Education: The Great Equalizer
7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
LIST OF REFERENCES
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ANALYTICAL POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY FOR EARTHLINGS
3.2 Autonomy, Liberty, and Coercion
3.3 A Subject of Relentless Criticism
3.4 Liberal Incoherence - The 'Individual'
3.4.1 Deadly 'Heteronomy': A Case from the Netherlands
3.4.2 A Critical Interpretation of the 'Individual' in Foucault's Work
3.4.3 From Autonomy to Heteronomy and the Rupture of Continuity
3.4.4 Concluding Thoughts about an Incoherent Liberal Feature
4.2 Liberal Principles as an Antidote to the Deprivation of Individual Autonomy
4.2.1 Paternalism: A Doctrine of Benevolent Coercion
4.2.2 The Harm Principle and its Implications in the Liberal Arena
4.2.3 Against Punishment and a Perfectionist Aegis for 'Irrational' Individuals
4.2.4 Gambling with High Stakes: Liberty and Autonomy
4.2.5 Against the Universal Rejection of Autonomy: Soft Paternalism
IN AN AGE OF MARKET TRIUMPHALISM?
5.1.1 Pathologies of Market Societies
5.1.2 Marketization as a Corrupting Force in Higher Education
5.2 Merit and Opportunity: The Aristocracy of Talent
5.2.1 Meritocracy: From Dystopian Satire to Acclaimed Ideology
5.2.2 Of Broken Ladders, Snakes, and the Tyranny of Merit
5.2.3 A Genuine Meritocracy Worth Wanting?
6.2 Equalizing the Unequal: An Environment of Imperfect Solutions
6.2.1 Equality of Opportunity: A Doctrine of Intuitive Appeal
6.2.2 The Meritocratic Conception: Deserving the Undeserved
6.2.3 Affirmative Action: A Controversial Fix
6.3 Allied Visions for 'Libertarian Welfarism'