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The essay, 'The Liberalism of Fear' is a later condensation of her argument - it's here: https://philarchive.org/archive/SHKTLOv1 It's very dense, though, and I think Ordinary Vices is more important. Her style is different enough to most political philosophy to benefit from being at book length. I haven't read "Judith Shklar and the lib…
The essay, 'The Liberalism of Fear' is a later condensation of her argument - it's here: https://philarchive.org/archive/SHKTLOv1 It's very dense, though, and I think Ordinary Vices is more important. Her style is different enough to most political philosophy to benefit from being at book length. I haven't read "Judith Shklar and the liberalism of fear", which isn't to say its bad. Her writing is so clear, though, that I see little benefit in starting with a secondary source. Of her other works, the collection of essays 'Political Thought and Political Thinking' contains a lot of gems, and 'Faces of Injustice' is particularly exceptional; but I would start with 'Ordinary Vices'.
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