Liberal Neutrality and the Value of Autonomy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23159190 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George Sher (0000-0002-2309-2249, Rice University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 136-159 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Philosophy and Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-0525 • E-ISSN: 1471-6437 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0265052500004593 |
| OpenAlex | W2334488053 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 19 |
Many liberals believe that government should not base its decisions on any particular conception of the good life. Many believe, further, that this principle of neutrality is best defended through appeal to some normative principle about autonomy. In this essay, I shall discuss the prospects of mounting one such defense. I say only “one such defense” because neutralists can invoke the demands of autonomy in two quite different ways. They can argue, first, that because autonomy itself has such great value, the state can produce the best results by simply allowing each citizen to shape his own life; or they can argue, second, that even if non-neutral policies would produce the most value, the state remains obligated to eschew them out of respect for its citizens' autonomy. Here I shall discuss only the first and more consequentialist of these arguments.
Appeal · Autonomy · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Harm · Harm principle · Law and economics · Neutrality · Normative · Political science · Positive economics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Value (mathematics) · Law · Mathematics · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · War, Ethics, and Justification
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| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2021 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |