Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET July 2018 Political Science
Who among the following is not a proponent of communitarianism?
AAlasdair MacIntyre
BMichael Sandel
CMichael Walzer
DFriedrich Hayek ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Friedrich Hayek — The thinker who is not a proponent of communitarianism is Friedrich Hayek, so the answer is option 4.
Explanation
★The thinker who is not a proponent of communitarianism is Friedrich Hayek, so the answer is option 4.
★Hayek is a founder of neoliberalism and a libertarian defender of the free market and the minimal state in The Road to Serfdom (1944).
★Communitarianism, by contrast, prizes community, shared values and the common good over market individualism, so Hayek stands opposed to it.
★Alasdair MacIntyre is a leading communitarian whose After Virtue (1981) revived virtue ethics rooted in community and tradition.
★Michael Sandel launched the communitarian critique of Rawls in Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (1982).
★Michael Walzer defended community-relative justice in Spheres of Justice (1983).
★Spotting cue: Hayek always means free-market libertarianism, so he is the odd one out in any list of communitarians.
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