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Single Idea 22839
[filed under theme 24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / b. Liberal individualism
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Full Idea
To get a liberal society one would have to claim that either everyone possesses autonomy to an equal degree or that everyone possesses a threshold level of the capacity that entitles them to enjoy the full liberal rights.
Gist of Idea
Liberalism needs people to either have equal autonomy, or everyone to have enough autonomy
Source
John Charvet (Liberalism: the basics [2019], 07)
Book Ref
Charvet,John: 'Liberalism: the basics' [Routledge 2019], p.77
A Reaction
This leaves out the more right-wing attitude that people can increase their capacity for autonomy if they are forced to stand on their own feet. A liberal society must decide how to treat persons incapable of proper autonomy.
The
27 ideas
from 'Liberalism: the basics'
22821
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Liberalism asserts maximum freedom, but that must be equal for all participants
[Charvet]
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22822
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Liberals promote community and well-being - because all good societies need them
[Charvet]
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22828
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The rule of law mainly benefits those with property and liberties
[Charvet]
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22823
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The rule of law is mainly to restrict governments
[Charvet]
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22825
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The 1689 Bill of Rights denied the monarch new courts, or the right to sit as judge
[Charvet]
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22826
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From 1701 only parliament could remove judges, whose decisions could not be discussed
[Charvet]
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22827
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Justice superior to the rule of law is claimed on behalf of the workers, or the will of the nation
[Charvet]
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22829
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Allowing defamatory speech is against society's interests, by blurring which people are trustworthy
[Charvet]
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22831
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Modern libertarian societies still provide education and some housing
[Charvet]
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22832
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Welfare is needed if citizens are to accept the obligations of a liberal state
[Charvet]
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22830
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Give by ability and receive by need, rather than a free labour market
[Charvet]
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22834
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Egalitarian liberals prefer equality (either of input or outcome) to liberty
[Charvet]
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22835
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Liberals value freedom and equality, but the society itself must decide on its values
[Charvet]
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22839
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Liberalism needs people to either have equal autonomy, or everyone to have enough autonomy
[Charvet]
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22838
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Societies need shared values, so conservatism is right if rational discussion of values is impossible
[Charvet]
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22836
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'Freedom from' is an empty idea, if the freedom is not from impediments to my desires
[Charvet]
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22837
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Positive freedom can lead to coercion, if you are forced to do what you chose to do
[Charvet]
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22841
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Identity multiculturalism emerges from communitarianism, preferring community to humanity
[Charvet]
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22842
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For communitarians it seems that you must accept the culture you are born into
[Charvet]
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22840
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Mere equality, as in two trees being the same height, has no value at all
[Charvet]
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22843
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Inequalities are worse if they seem to be your fault, rather than social facts
[Charvet]
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22844
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First level autonomy is application of personal values; second level is criticising them
[Charvet]
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22845
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Money allows unlimited inequalities, and we obviously all agree to money
[Charvet]
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22846
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The universalism of utilitarianism implies a world state
[Charvet]
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22849
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Rawls's theory cannot justify liberalism, since it presupposes free and equal participants
[Charvet]
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22848
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People with strong prior beliefs would have nothing to do with a veil of ignorance
[Charvet]
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22847
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Kant places a higher value on the universal rational will than on the people asserting it
[Charvet]
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