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Beyond Neutrality

Name: Beyond Neutrality
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 02035615
Price: 114.39 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: George Sher
ISBN: 9780521570688

Perfectionism and Politics

George Sher

Language

English

Book Hardback

Libristo code: 02035615

Publishers Cambridge University Press, January 1997

Many people, including many contemporary philosophers, believe that the state has no business trying... Full description

Libristo code: 02035615

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Many people, including many contemporary philosophers, believe that the state has no business trying to improve people's characters, elevating their tastes, or preventing them from living degraded lives. They believe that governments should remain absolutely neutral when it comes to the consideration of competing conceptions of the good. One fundamental aim of George Sher's book is to show that this view is indefensible. A second complementary aim is to articulate a conception of the good that is worthy of promotion by the state. The first part of the book analyses attempts to ground the neutrality thesis in the value of autonomy, respect for autonomy, the dangers of a non-neutral state, and scepticism about the good. The second part defends an objective conception of the good which remains sensitive to some of the considerations that make subjectivism attractive.