Beyond Neutrality: Perfectionism and Politics

✍ Scribed by George Sher

Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Leaves: 265
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Many people, including many contemporary philosophers, believe that the state has no business trying to improve people's characters, or elevate their tastes, or prevent them from living degraded lives. They believe that governments should remain absolutely neutral when it comes to the consideration of competing conceptions of the good. One fundamental aim of George Sher's book is to show that this view is indefensible. A second complementary aim is to articulate a conception of the good that is worthy of promotion by the state.

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