Liberal Perfectionism : : The Reasons that Goodness Gives / / Alexandra Couto.

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• VerfasserIn: Couto, Alexandra,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Practical Philosophy , 19
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (218 p.)

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...

Table of Contents

• 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