Beyond a Strictly Political Liberalism?

Political Liberalism, Political Independence, and Moral Authority

As I use the term here, the central component of political liberalism holds that political institutions are not to be guided by substantive principles of the good about which reasonable people may disagree. If a particular policy or institutional action is a requirement of justice, this cannot be because this policy or action promotes human welfare, well-being, or flourishing. Morality, on the ...

Political liberalism and religious claims

This article gives an overview of 4 important lacunae in political liberalism and identifies, in a preliminary fashion, some trends in the literature that can come in for support in filling these blind spots, which prevent political liberalism from a correct assessment of the diverse nature of religious claims. Political liberalism operates with implicit assumptions about religious actors being...

Viewing health care as a common good: looking beyond political liberalism.

INTRODUCTION..........................................................................278 I. CLINTON’S HEALTH CARE PLAN AND THE LIMITS OF LIBERALISM ................................................................................280 II. HEALTH CARE REFORM AND THE LIMITS OF LIBERALISM ................................................................................290 A. LIBERAL INDIVIDUALISM ......

Food Policy Beyond Neo-Liberalism

Political liberalism and the value of autonomy

First of all, let us focus on Colburn’s notion of autonomy and his modified claim (3a). Colburn holds that there are two different notions of autonomy in the literature, one taking autonomy as a first-order and the other taking it as a second-order value. The former outlines autonomy as an ideal of a particular way of life, such as the Socratic ideal of a thoroughly self-reflective life. In con...