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Political Friendship and the Good Life

Two Liberal Arguments Against Perfectionism

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. G. Zanetti

    1. Dipto. di Science Giuridiche, Università di Modena Fac. di Giurisprudenza, Modena, Italy

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Part of the book series: Law and Philosophy Library (LAPS, volume 61)

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The main subject of this book is the rather fascinating link between an acceptable concept of political whole and its legal and moral implications. When we face this problem, we find that widespread categories like `happiness' and "friendship" are at the same time necessary and dangerous, crucial and elusive. In order to make the case against the so-called Legal Enforcement of Morals, and to grasp the complex relationship between law and morality from a liberal point of view, it is not enough to reject a pattern of happiness, or of human flourishing, from which to draw normative instructions for men and women - it must be recognized that integration of individuals in the comprehensive groups, as well as in the political whole itself, is not the only valuable option. The fragile value of a relative lack of integration, a "right to unhappiness", turns out to be, eventually, what makes the weak, but decisive, moral primacy of liberal societies.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dipto. di Science Giuridiche, Università di Modena Fac. di Giurisprudenza, Modena, Italy

    G. Zanetti

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Political Friendship and the Good Life

  • Book Subtitle: Two Liberal Arguments Against Perfectionism

  • Authors: G. Zanetti

  • Series Title: Law and Philosophy Library

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-411-1881-3Published: 31 July 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8473-6Published: 02 January 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1572-4395

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0315

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 146

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