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| Titel: |
Reply to Critics |
| Auteur: |
Gray, John |
| Verschenen in: |
Critical review of international social and political philosophy |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 9 (2006) nr. 2 pagina's 323-347 |
| Jaar: |
2006-06-01 |
| Inhoud: |
I consider the relations of value-pluralism with liberalism and relativism, and argue that while value-pluralism is not a species of relativism it does not support the universal claims of liberalism. The political theory implied by value-pluralism is a Spinozan variety of modus vivendi, and my liberal-pluralist critics rely on an undefended and implausible theory of history. Having argued that liberalism and value-pluralism point in divergent directions I consider some questions in Green theory. I go on to respond to the claim that my criticisms of humanism amount to a version of nihilism. I conclude by arguing that the goal of political theory is not to produce a systematic version of current liberal opinion (as in Rawls's method of reflective equilibrium). It is to frame a true view of humans and their circumstances, and see what follows. |
| Uitgever: |
Routledge |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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