BETWEEN DESIRE & REASON

Preface: A possible framework for understanding / Part I: Good and reason in two classical political traditions / 1. The Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition / 2. Immanuel Kant / Part II: Antiperfectionist liberalism and the desire principle / 3. "Free and equals": John Rawls's political philosophy / 4. "Equal concern and respect": Ronald Dworkin's philosophy of rights / 5. Goods and processes: Jürgen Habermas's ethical-political project / Part III: The dehumanization of human rights / 6. Mutual disinterest and civil liberties / 7. Desireless life and undesirable life / 8. Playing God? Promethean desires / Part IV. Constructive proposals / 9. Teleology of civil liberties / 10. Perfectionist liberalism and restriction of the rights discourse / Bibliography