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Full Idea
The role of political liberalism in my theory requires me to prescind from offering any comprehensive account of value.
Gist of Idea
Liberalism does not need a comprehensive account of value
Source
Martha Nussbaum (Creating Capabilities [2011], 2)
Book Ref
Nussbaum,Martha C.: 'Creating Capabilities' [Belknap Harvard 2013], p.19
A Reaction
Obviously liberalism has values, but they are the minimum ones of freedom and respect. Liberals have to tolerate some fairly ugly and miserable societies. Can liberals intervene in family life?