Perfectionism in Politics: A Defense

In Thomas Christiano & John Philip Christman (eds.), Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 99–117 (2009)
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This chapter contains sections titled: The Perfectionist Idea Pluralism and Skepticism The Challenge of Justificatory Liberalism Justification, Power, and Restraint Conclusion Notes.

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perfectionism in politics ‐ a defense   core claims of perfectionist political theory   perfectionist political theory ‐ not take sides on whether the state should promote good human lives only or whether it should promote perfectionist goods that do not contribute to good human lives   pluralism and skepticism ‐ core claims of perfectionist political theory not settling issue of pluralism   challenge of justificatory liberalism ‐ objection formulated in terms of political legitimacy   justificatory liberalism ‐ any political theory that accepts public justification condition on political legitimacy   justification, power, and restraint ‐ challenge to perfectionism posed by justificatory liberalism   perfectionist political theory ‐ two basic components, the objective good component and the rejection of state neutrality component

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