Public Reason and Perfectionism: Comments on Quong’s Liberalism Without Perfection Cover Image

Javni um i perfekcionizam: komentari na Kvongovu knjigu Liberalizam bez savršenstva
Public Reason and Perfectionism: Comments on Quong’s Liberalism Without Perfection

Author(s): Andrew Lister
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Keywords: liberalism; political liberalism; public reason; public justification; neutrality; perfectionism

Summary/Abstract: Liberalism Without Perfection elaborates a generally Rawlsian conception of public justification in order to defend antiperfectionist liberalism. This critical response raises questions about the link between the two parts of the project. On the hand, it is possible to reject that demand that reasons for political decisions pass a qualified acceptability requirement even if one is strictly opposed to paternalism. On the other hand, the commitment to public justifiability does not rule out all perfectionism, if there are some claims about the good that are not reasonably rejectable.

  • Issue Year: 25/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 012-034
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: English
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