Single Idea 23124

[catalogued under 24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / e. Liberal community]

Full Idea

The liberal idea of community is not one, as it is for many conservatives, of blood ties or traditional authority. It rest on the idea of shared choices …including even a sense of sympathy for those caught on the losing side of the argument.

Gist of Idea

Liberal community is not blood ties or tradition, but shared choices, and sympathy for the losers

Source

Adam Gopnik (A Thousand Small Sanities [2019], 1)

Book Reference

Gopnik,Adam: 'A Thousand Small Sanities' [riverrun 2019], p.39


A Reaction

The key point is that most liberals (other than extreme libertarians) have a strong sense of community, contrary to the standard criticisms offered by communitarians.