LEADER 03678nam 2200721 450 001 9910790904103321 005 20230126205328.0 010 $a3-11-033526-3 010 $a3-11-033695-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110336955 035 $a(CKB)2550000001303719 035 $a(EBL)1249992 035 $a(OCoLC)870589994 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001112530 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11945079 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001112530 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11158984 035 $a(PQKB)10602180 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1249992 035 $a(DE-B1597)214236 035 $a(OCoLC)1013961172 035 $a(OCoLC)883407961 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110336955 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1249992 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10838303 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL574275 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001303719 100 $a20130723h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLiberal perfectionism $ethe reasons that goodness gives /$fAlexandra Couto 210 1$aBerlin :$cDe Gruyter,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 225 1 $aPractical philosophy,$x2197-9243 ;$vvolume 19 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-11-037298-3 311 $a1-306-43024-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tTable of Contents -- $t0. Introduction -- $t1. Perfectionism: Some Basic Distinctions -- $t2. Perfectionist Goods -- $t3. Ethical Perfectionism: Distinctions and Objections -- $t4. The Reasons that Goodness Gives -- $t5. The Consistency Argument -- $t6. The Location of Unfairness -- $t7. Conclusion -- $tBibliography 330 $aMuch of the recent literature on political perfectionism has focused on dealing with objections to this view. This book adopts a different approach: It attempts to highlight the intuitive appeal of liberal perfectionism by presenting a positive prima facie argument in its favour. The book starts by clarifying the relation between political perfectionism - a conception of politics - and prudential perfectionism and ethical perfectionism - a conception of the good life, and a type of ethical theory. It is crucial to start by selecting a plausible form of ethical perfectionism, as it makes an important difference to the plausibility of the political conception based upon it. Once appropriate distinctions are drawn and a plausible form of liberal perfectionism is endorsed, many of the standard objections to perfectionism are shown to fail to reach their target. Different arguments in favour of liberal perfectionism are then proposed and critically examined, but the resilience of some pragmatic arguments against liberal perfectionism is conceded. The book ends by showing that perfectionism can be surprisingly relevant for discussions of social justice and proceeds to draw a sketch of the perfectionist implications for questions of distributive justice. 410 0$aPractical philosophy ;$vBd. 19. 606 $aLiberalism$xPhilosophy 606 $aPerfection 606 $aSocial justice 610 $aPolitical perfectionism. 610 $asocial justice. 610 $athe good life. 615 0$aLiberalism$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aPerfection. 615 0$aSocial justice. 676 $a320.51/3 700 $aCouto$b Alexandra$f1978-$01539619 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790904103321 996 $aLiberal perfectionism$93790590 997 $aUNINA