LEADER 04032nam 2200709 450 001 9910457149203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-8733-9 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442687332 035 $a(CKB)2550000000019190 035 $a(OCoLC)647921886 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10382011 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000477973 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11343978 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000477973 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10418907 035 $a(PQKB)10386493 035 $a(CaPaEBR)428456 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00224308 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3268228 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672535 035 $a(DE-B1597)465361 035 $a(OCoLC)1013963038 035 $a(OCoLC)944176751 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442687332 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672535 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258201 035 $a(OCoLC)958514627 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000019190 100 $a20160923h20082008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAgainst perfectionism $edefending liberal neutrality /$fSteven Lecce 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2008. 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (361 p.) 311 $a0-8020-9447-3 311 $a0-8020-9212-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tPART ONE. Three Classic Controversies -- $t1. Putting Up with Heresy -- $t2. Freedom for Eccentrics -- $t3. Is Prostitution Unpatriotic? -- $tPART TWO. Liberalism Today -- $t4. Should Liberals be Perfectionists? -- $t5. The Continuity Thesis -- $t6. Contract Killing: A Critique -- $tPART THREE. Defending Liberal Neutrality -- $t7. Democratic Equality -- $t8. Against the Epistemic Turn -- $t9. Beyond the Basic Structure -- $t10. How Political Is the Personal? -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIn a democracy, political authority should be determined independently of religious, philosophical, and ethical ideals that often divide us. This idea, called liberal neutrality, challenges one of the oldest insights of the Western philosophical tradition in politics. At least since Plato, the concept of perfectionism has insisted that statecraft is akin to "soulcraft," and political questions about the justification of state power have followed from ethical questions about what is valuable in life and about how we should live if we are to live well. Against Perfectionism defends neutralist liberalism as the most appropriate political morality for democratic societies. Steven Lecce investigates the theoretical foundations of liberalism, bringing together classic and contemporary arguments about the implications of pluralism for liberal equality. He surveys three classic debates over the grounds and limits of tolerance, and investigates the limits of perfectionism as a guide to law and public policy in pluralist societies. Lecce ultimately suggests a version of neutrality that answers the critiques recently leveled against it as a political ideal. Presenting sophisticated and groundbreaking arguments, Against Perfectionism is a call to rethink current concepts of law and public policy in democratic societies. 606 $aLiberalism$xPhilosophy 606 $aLiberalism$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aPolitical ethics 606 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLiberalism$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aLiberalism$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aPolitical ethics. 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy. 676 $a320.51 700 $aLecce$b Steven$f1970-$0919298 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457149203321 996 $aAgainst perfectionism$92061806 997 $aUNINA