Perfectionist Liberalism and Political Liberalism. (Part II)

Authors

  • Martha C. Nussbaum Universidad de Harvard.

    Filósofa por la Universidad de Harvard. Bachelor of Arts en la Universidad de Nueva York. Master of Arts y Philosopae Doctor en la Universidad de Harvard. Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor de Derecho y Ética en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Chicago. Ha sido catedrática en las universidades de Harvard, Brown, Oxford. Premio Príncipe de Asturias de Ciencias Sociales del año 2012.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18800/iusetveritas.201702.018

Keywords:

Liberalismo Perfeccionista, Liberalismo Político, Pluralismo, Isaiah Berlin, Joseph Raz, John Rawls, Charles Larmore

Abstract

In the first part of the article, the author discusses two types of liberalism from the thoughts of prominent philosophers. On the one hand, she analyzes the ideas of Isaiah Berlin and Joseph Raz as examples of perfectionist liberalism and, on the other hand, those of John Rawls and Charles Larmore as examples of political liberalism. He then discusses the notion of comprehensive doctrines in John Rawls’s oeuvre, for from Nussbaum´s perspective, the construction of this notion brings Rawls close to a variant of perfectionist liberalism that he himself would try to avoid. That is why Nussbaum’s proposal is to restore a notion of comprehensive doctrines simply understood as those kinds of doctrines to which reasonable citizens adhere. 

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Published

2017-09-13

How to Cite

Nussbaum, M. C. (2017). Perfectionist Liberalism and Political Liberalism. (Part II). IUS ET VERITAS, (54), 322–338. https://doi.org/10.18800/iusetveritas.201702.018

Issue

No. 54 (2017)

Section

Sección Especial

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