Love in a Liberal Society: A Response to Paul J. Weithman
I have argued elsewhere (Jackson 1991) that even if it were feasible to found peace on procedural justice or prudential fear alone, this would be to sacrifice a value (agape) that is indispensable to the meaning of life in order to secure a real but lesser good. Christianity, in contrast, puts chari...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1994
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 1994, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-38 |
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| Summary: | I have argued elsewhere (Jackson 1991) that even if it were feasible to found peace on procedural justice or prudential fear alone, this would be to sacrifice a value (agape) that is indispensable to the meaning of life in order to secure a real but lesser good. Christianity, in contrast, puts charity first as a reason for action. Paul Weithman maintains that John Rawls raises more difficult questions for the strong agapist than I realized. Through an examination of Weithman's argument concerning (1) moral self-sacrifice and (2) the constraints on public justification of political purposes, I reaffirm the deficiencies of Rawlsian liberalism. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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