A Conflict of Visions
by Sowell, ThomasEdition: Revised
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Pub. Date: 2007-06-05
Publisher(s): Basic Books
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Summary
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 ofA Conflict of Visionsoffers a convincing case that ethical and policy disputes circle around the disparity between both outlooks.
Author Biography
Thomas Sowell has taught economics at a number of colleges and universities, including Cornell, University of California Los Angeles, and Amherst. He has published both scholarly and popular articles and books on economics, and is currently a scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
Table of Contents
| Patterns | |
| The role of visions | p. 3 |
| Constrained and unconstrained visions | p. 9 |
| Visions of knowledge and reason | p. 36 |
| Visions of social processes | p. 69 |
| Varieties and dynamics of visions | p. 102 |
| Applications | |
| Visions of equality | p. 133 |
| Visions of power | p. 156 |
| Visions of justice | p. 192 |
| Visions, values, and paradigms | p. 230 |
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