Realizing `Political' Neutrality

Author: Westmoreland, Robert

Source: Law and Philosophy, Volume 30, Number 5, September 2011 , pp. 541-573(33)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Political liberalism is supposed to be neutral among reasonable comprehensive doctrines, including comprehensive liberalism. Some critics think that it implicitly assumes comprehensive liberalism. I argue that political liberalism has the resources to avoid this charge and chart a path between sectarianism and unprincipled accommodation that allows a range of policy justifications onto the political agenda of a scope that honors the ideal of neutrality.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10982-011-9102-5

Affiliations: 1: Department of Philosophy, The University of Mississippi, University, MS, 38677, USA, Email: prrbw@olemiss.edu

Publication date: 2011-09-01