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A testament to what it means to be liberal by one of the most prominent political philosophers of our era "e;Walzer is perhaps our foremost pilot on these rocky shoals. In his preface, he writes that this may be his last book. One hopes not."e;-James Traub, New York Times There was a time when liberalism was an ism like any other, but that time, writes Michael Walzer, is gone. "e;Liberal"e; now conveys not a specific ideology but a moral stance, so the word is best conceived not as a noun but as an adjective-one is a "e;liberal democrat"e; or a "e;liberal nationalist."e; Walzer itemizes the characteristics described by "e;liberal"e; in an inventory of his own deepest political and moral commitments-among other things, to the principle of equality, to the rule of law, and to a pluralism that is both political and cultural. Unabashedly asserting that liberalism comprises a universal set of values ("e;they must be universal,"e; he writes, "e;since they are under assault around the world"e;), Walzer reminds us in this inspiring book why those values are worth fighting for.