LIBERALIZMAS KAIP KULTŪROS FILOSOFIJA
LIBERALISM AS A PHILOSPHY OF CULTURE
Author(s): Alvydas Jokūbaitis, Linas JokubaitisSubject(s): Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: liberalism; John Rawls; original position; final position; philosophy of culture; human nature and politics;
Summary/Abstract: The paper explores the paradoxes of the political philosophy of liberalism. Liberal conception of justice is incapable of providing grounds for an identity of liberalism. Liberals do not have a moral conception of their own. This is a source of a paradox. Political identity points to morality and moral identity points to politics. The aim of this paper is to clarify this paradox. Political liberalism is based on certain assumptions of a philosophy of culture. Liberals defend a conception of culture which justifies their inconsistencies. They lack any coherent conception of morality and politics. The article is an attempt to prove this by using the “final position” – an alternative to the Rawlsian “original position”.
Journal: Problemos
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 93
- Page Range: 102-113
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Lithuanian