Original scientific paper

Moral Foundations of Contemporary Liberalism

Dušan Pavlović ; Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Abstract

This essay is an inquiry into the fundamentals of contemporary liberalism. I defend the following claim: the premises of contemporary liberal theory cannot avoid referring to the ideal of equality of individuals in some way. equality is a principle to orga­nize the fundamental level of the theory from which to derive the principles for organi­zing liberal institutions. To support these claims, I distinguish justificatory from perfectio­nist liberalism, and then look into some of the most relevant theories of contemporary political philosophy that provide the ethical basis for contemporary liberalism.

Keywords

contemporary liberalism; perfectionism; impartiality; neutrality; equality

Hrčak ID:

140179

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/140179

Publication date:

24.6.2015.

Article data in other languages: serbian

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