Full Idea
Why are prosperity, order, civility, peace, a healthy environment, security, happiness, and law-abidingness not as important as those thought of by liberals as basic?
Gist of Idea
Why do liberals not see a much wider range of values as basic?
Source
John Kekes (Against Liberalism [1997], 02.5)
Book Reference
Kekes,John: 'Against Liberalism' [Cornell 1997], p.43
A Reaction
This presumes that liberals only see a narrow core of values as basic to the structure of the society. Presumably every society should be well disposed towards the nice features listed here. Would their absence wreck the society?
Related Idea
Idea 23081 Liberal basics are pluralism, freedom, rights, equality, and distributive justice - for autonomy [Kekes]