Political Liberalism and the Characterization of the Moral Virtues
The Virtue ethical approach to morality is generally thought to be in tension with liberalism in politics. Their incompatibility seems to be straightforward when considering political liberalism. This is because the virtue ethical approach to morality seems to be committed to a perfectionist view of...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:45998 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/45998 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/enrahonar.299 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Virtut Liberalisme polític Eudaimonisme No eudaimonisme Conseqüencialisme Virtue Political liberalism Eudaimonism Non-eudaimonism Consequentialism Virtud Liberalismo político Eudaimonismo No eudaimonismo Consecuencialismo |
| Sumario: | The Virtue ethical approach to morality is generally thought to be in tension with liberalism in politics. Their incompatibility seems to be straightforward when considering political liberalism. This is because the virtue ethical approach to morality seems to be committed to a perfectionist view of society, whereas political liberalism resists this conceptualization. But this is not the only source of trouble between virtue ethics and political liberalism. A more basic problem seems to be that, in a liberal society, there are many incompatible though reasonable comprehensive doctrines. This fact of reasonable pluralism seems to imply that the very idea of characterizing the moral virtues constitutes an impossible task in a liberal society. This conclusion is too quick, however. A non-eudaimonist, consequentialist conception of virtue can find a place within political liberalism, though this account of moral virtue must be qualified in important ways. |
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