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Against Perfectionism

Defending Liberal Neutrality

Autor: Steven Lecce

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Editura: University of Toronto Press

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In a democracy, political authority should be determined independently of religious, philosophical,...

Informații despre carte

Autor

Steven Lecce

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2008

Pagini

352

EAN

9780802094476

ISBN

0802094473

Enbook ID

04711397

Editura

University of Toronto Press

Greutate

540

Dimensiuni

153 x 229 x 23

Descriere completă

In a democracy, political authority should be determined independently of religious, philosophical, and ethical ideals that often divide us. This idea, called liberal neutrality, challenges one of the oldest insights of the Western philosophical tradition in politics. At least since Plato, the concept of perfectionism has insisted that statecraft is akin to "soulcraft," and political questions about the justification of state power have followed from ethical questions about what is valuable in life and about how we should live if we are to live well. Against Perfectionism defends neutralist liberalism as the most appropriate political morality for democratic societies. Steven Lecce investigates the theoretical foundations of liberalism, bringing together classic and contemporary arguments about the implications of pluralism for liberal equality. He surveys three classic debates over the grounds and limits of tolerance, and investigates the limits of perfectionism as a guide to law and public policy in pluralist societies. Lecce ultimately suggests a version of neutrality that answers the critiques recently leveled against it as a political ideal. Presenting sophisticated and groundbreaking arguments, Against Perfectionism is a call to rethink current concepts of law and public policy in democratic societies.