Liberal Perfectionism : : The Reasons that Goodness Gives / / Alexandra Couto.
Much of the recent literature on political perfectionism has focused on dealing with objections to this view. This book adopts a different approach: It attempts to highlight the intuitive appeal of liberal perfectionism by presenting a positive prima facie argument in its favour. The book starts by...
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Couto, Alexandra, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Liberal Perfectionism : The Reasons that Goodness Gives / Alexandra Couto. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource (218 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Practical Philosophy , 2197-9243 ; 19 Diss. Lincoln Coll., Oxford Univ. 2011. Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Perfectionism: Some Basic Distinctions -- 2. Perfectionist Goods -- 3. Ethical Perfectionism: Distinctions and Objections -- 4. The Reasons that Goodness Gives -- 5. The Consistency Argument -- 6. The Location of Unfairness -- 7. Conclusion -- Bibliography restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Much of the recent literature on political perfectionism has focused on dealing with objections to this view. This book adopts a different approach: It attempts to highlight the intuitive appeal of liberal perfectionism by presenting a positive prima facie argument in its favour. The book starts by clarifying the relation between political perfectionism - a conception of politics - and prudential perfectionism and ethical perfectionism - a conception of the good life, and a type of ethical theory. It is crucial to start by selecting a plausible form of ethical perfectionism, as it makes an important difference to the plausibility of the political conception based upon it. Once appropriate distinctions are drawn and a plausible form of liberal perfectionism is endorsed, many of the standard objections to perfectionism are shown to fail to reach their target. Different arguments in favour of liberal perfectionism are then proposed and critically examined, but the resilience of some pragmatic arguments against liberal perfectionism is conceded. The book ends by showing that perfectionism can be surprisingly relevant for discussions of social justice and proceeds to draw a sketch of the perfectionist implications for questions of distributive justice. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023) Liberalism Philosophy. Perfection. Social justice. Gutes Leben. Perfektionismus. Soziale Gerechtigkeit. PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy. bisacsh Political perfectionism. social justice. the good life. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1 9783110238570 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Philosophy 2000-2014 (EN) 9783110238488 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Philosophy 2000 - 2014 9783110636949 ZDB-23-GPH Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Complete Package 2014 9783110369526 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Philosophy 2014 9783110370393 ZDB-23-DPH EPUB 9783110372984 print 9783110335262 https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110336955 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110336955 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110336955/original |
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