The ascendant liberal conscience: a response to three critics

被引:3
作者
Swaine, Lucas [1 ]
机构
[1] Dartmouth Coll, Dept Govt, Hanover, NH 03755 USA
关键词
political liberalism; religion; conscience; theocracy; justification;
D O I
10.1080/09692290.2010.517973
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
A liberalism of conscience incorporates both persuasion and reasoning to achieve its ends, but it does not entail guilt or bad conscience about the need to rule. Neither does the approach involve efforts to convert dissenters to some specific conception of the good. My view differs significantly from the views of John Rawls and John Locke: a liberalism of conscience is based in principles that people should accept, and which provide a firmer ground for rightful toleration. The theory is critical for rethinking the nature of value-pluralism, and it is capable of uniting religious and secular parties in an affirmation of fundamental political principles.
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