Anti-Perfectionism and Rawlsian Liberalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6345231 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simon Caney (0000-0002-6316-231X, Newcastle University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 248-264 |
| Publication date | 1995-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9248.1995.tb01710.x |
| OpenAlex | W2036390748 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 2 |
This article examines the justifications of anti-perfectionism given by John Rawls in his recent work Political Liberalism. Rawls, I argue, gives one major argument in defence of anti-perfectionism (what I shall call the ‘reasonableness among free and equal persons' argument) and two subsidiary arguments (what I shall call the ‘social unity’ argument and the ‘stability’ argument). None of these arguments, I claim, are persuasive. Rawls's most recent justification of anti-perfectionism is therefore unsuccessful
Argument (complex analysis · Classical liberalism · Economics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Liberalism · Perfectionism (psychology · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Public reason · Sociology · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Social Psychology
Homenaje póstumo a John Rawls
Justice and Legitimacy in Upbringing
The responsibilities and legitimacy of economic international institutions
Reasonableness, Intellectual Modesty, and Reciprocity in Political Justification
Liberal legitimacy, reasonable disagreement and justice
Impartiality and Liberal Neutrality
Legitimacy, Unanimity, and Perfectionism
Stability and Congruence in Political Liberalism
Contractualism and Liberal Neutrality
Human Rights and the Rights of States
Two liberalisms and the ‘politics of difference
Public Reason Confucianism
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2015 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |