Liberal Virtues
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Political Science Review
- Vol. 82 (4) , 1277-1290
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1961760
Abstract
I explore possible links between liberalism and conceptions of individual virtue. I first distinguish between virtue seen as instrumental to the preservation of societies and institutions and virtue seen as intrinsically valuable, that is, as an end in itself. I argue that certain distinctive instrumental virtues are required for well-functioning liberal societies, economies, and political institutions. I then sketch different versions of liberal intrinsic virtue and explore the tensions among them and between them and liberal instrumental virtue. I conclude with some competing conjectures as to what extent necessary liberal virtues are being fostered through current institutions.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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