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How should Liberal perfectionists justify the state?
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Mills, Christopher E. (2017) How should Liberal perfectionists justify the state? Moral Philosophy and Politics , 4 (1). pp. 43-65. doi:10.1515/mopp-2016-0035 ISSN 2194-5616.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mopp-2016-0035
Abstract
Liberal institutions should respect citizens as autonomous agents. But what does this mandate require and how should it shape the demands of liberal legitimacy? I trace the contemporary disagreement between liberal perfectionist and anti-perfectionist accounts of legitimacy back to this requirement to respect the autonomy of citizens in order to weigh up how well each approach fulfils this mandate. I argue that further reflection over the nature of respect for the value of personal autonomy gives liberals reason to favour moderate forms of perfectionism and be sceptical of criticisms of perfectionism grounded in concerns over respect.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JC Political theory | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Liberalism, Autonomy | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Moral Philosophy and Politics | ||||||||
Publisher: | De Gruyter | ||||||||
ISSN: | 2194-5616 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 27 June 2017 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 4 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 43-65 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1515/mopp-2016-0035 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 8 August 2017 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 13 May 2018 |
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