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Standing and the sources of liberalism

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  • Niko Kolodny

    (University of California, USA)

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Whatever else liberalism involves, it involves the idea that it is objectionable, and often wrong, for the state, or anyone else, to intervene, in certain ways, in certain choices. This article aims to evaluate different possible sources of support for this core liberal idea. The result is a pluralistic view. It defends, but also stresses the limits of, some familiar elements: that some illiberal interventions impair valuable activities and that some violate rights against certain kinds of invasion. More speculatively, it points to two further sources of support for liberalism, each of which represents a certain kind of social standing: a self-sovereignty compromised simply by being subject to certain kinds of commands and a relational equality compromised by the condemnation of choices with which one’s group is identified.

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  • Niko Kolodny, 2018. "Standing and the sources of liberalism," Politics, Philosophy & Economics, , vol. 17(2), pages 169-191, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pophec:v:17:y:2018:i:2:p:169-191
    DOI: 10.1177/1470594X18762254
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