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A paper worth reading: on the problems of our current social and political situation.  "In Defense of Moral Liberalism"

4/9/2021

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IN DEFENSE OF MORAL LIBERALISM John Ryder Széchenyi István University jryder6682@gmail.com

ABSTRACT: Though it is much maligned, liberalism remains a vital component of any viable political and social condition. This claim can be defended, though, only once the confusions concerning the meanings of liberalism are resolved. This can be done by considering the primary contemporary challenges to liberalism, of which there are five: populist nationalism, authoritarianism, elitism, traditionalism, and moral absolutism. Each of these, though in differing ways and some more than others, are sources of illiberalism. To appreciate the meaning and import of what is here called moral liberalism, it is valuable to clarify the nature of the challenges to it and the reasons we have to prefer moral liberalism over any of its illiberal alternatives. In the end, moral liberalism may serve as a viable grounding for contemporary societies and states only in so far as it rests, not on commonly held ideas or consensus, but on the recognition of the many interests that members of groups and societies hold in common.

Keywords: liberalism, illiberalism, elitism, traditionalism, authoritarianism, populism,
Link to the essay:  www.pragmatismtoday.eu/winter2020/In-Defense-of-Moral-Liberalism-John-Ryder.pdf
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