The Liberal Polity: An Inquiry into the Logic of Civil Association PDF
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The Liberal Polity AlsobyCraigL.Carr THEPOLITICALWRITINGSOFSAMUELPUFENDORF(editor)(trans.MichaelJ.Seidler) ONFAIRNESS The Liberal Polity An Inquiry into the Logic of Civil Association Craig L. Carr ©CraigL.Carr2006 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2006 978-0-230-01964-5 Allrightsreserved.Noreproduction,copyortransmissionofthis publicationmaybemadewithoutwrittenpermission. Noparagraphofthispublicationmaybereproduced,copiedortransmitted savewithwrittenpermissionorinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthe Copyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988,orunderthetermsofanylicence permittinglimitedcopyingissuedbytheCopyrightLicensingAgency, 90TottenhamCourtRoad,LondonW1T4LP. Anypersonwhodoesanyunauthorisedactinrelationtothispublication maybeliabletocriminalprosecutionandcivilclaimsfordamages. Theauthorhasassertedhisrighttobeidentified astheauthorofthisworkinaccordancewiththeCopyright, DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Firstpublished2006by PALGRAVEMACMILLAN Houndmills,Basingstoke,HampshireRG216XSand 175FifthAvenue,NewYork,N.Y.10010 Companiesandrepresentativesthroughouttheworld PALGRAVEMACMILLANistheglobalacademicimprintofthePalgrave MacmillandivisionofSt.Martin’sPress,LLCandofPalgraveMacmillanLtd. Macmillan(cid:2)isaregisteredtrademarkintheUnitedStates,UnitedKingdom andothercountries.PalgraveisaregisteredtrademarkintheEuropean Unionandothercountries. ISBN 978-1-349-28572-3 ISBN 978-0-230-80081-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230800816 Thisbookisprintedonpapersuitableforrecyclingandmadefromfully managedandsustainedforestsources. AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Carr,CraigL.,1948(cid:3) Theliberalpolity:aninquiryintothelogicofcivilassociation/ CraigL.Carr. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. 1. Liberalism“Philosophy. 2. Civilsociety“Philosophy. I. Title. JC574.C382006 320.51“dc22 2006045008 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 For Gary Children,loveoneanother,andifthatisnot Possibleatleasttrytoputupwithoneanother. Goethe Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Thepoliticsofthemodernstate 2 Liberalismandthemodernstate 6 Practicalliberalism 12 1 AProlegomenontoPoliticalThought 20 Politicalargumentandthedemandsofaudience 24 Conflict,compromise,andthepoliticsofinterests 33 Ideals,interests,andthepoliticsofprinciple 44 2 APoliticsofPrinciple 48 Manufacturingunity:Practicalargumentandsocialdiversity 48 Thesociologyofliberalpolitics 56 Pluralismandpoliticalargument 61 Theliberalprinciple 64 Prudence,persuasion,andpracticalargument 68 Stability,civility,andthepoliticsofprinciple 79 3 FreedomandToleration 83 Toleration 84 Aschematicofliberaltoleration 91 Forbearanceandnon-interference 98 Grouprecruitmentandretention 110 Conclusion 116 4 TolerationandGroupAutonomy 118 Liberaltolerationandbadmoralfaith 119 Hatred,prejudice,andbigotry 128 Tolerationandthepracticeofprivatediscrimination 137 Toleration,socialstability,andciviceducation 146 Conclusion:Thepriceoftoleration 157 5 Stability,Legitimacy,andtheLiberalPolity 159 Thetheoryandpracticeofpoliticalstability 160 Thetheoryandpracticeofprudentialargument 164 vii viii Contents Thepursuitofpoliticallegitimacy 175 Uncertainty,riskaversion,andchoice 180 Socialdynamicsintheoryandpractice 186 Conclusion:Unstablestability 189 6 Justice,Fairness,andtheMakingofCivility 192 IntheshadowofHobbes 194 Towardatheoryofsocialjustice 200 Fairness,civility,andassociationalmorality 213 Goodnessandjusticeintheliberalpolity 220 Conclusion 225 Epilogue 226 Notes 230 Index 249 Acknowledgments This work was a long time in the process of becoming, and a great many debts, both intellectual and personal, were incurred along the way. It is a pleasuretoacknowledgethemhereandtooffermymostsincerethanksas modestpayment.Mythoughtsontoleration,andliberalismmoregenerally, havebeengreatlyinfluencedovertheyearsbymanyprofitableandenjoyable discussionswithMikeSeidlerandMikePhilips.BillLundgraciouslyreadan earlier version of the manuscript and offered many helpful comments and somemuch-neededadvice.BobDuff,JimStemler,andMartinMontohelped me think through some of the more sociological dimensions of intergroup conflict. I was also blessed with a number of excellent graduate students during the time the manuscript was in progress, many of whom helped immeasurably with the tedious job of research. My thanks to C.J. Gordon, GaryGingrich,andChristianWoldmannforallthehelp.Thanksmustalso gotoStephenMoorenotonlyforhisdedicatedhelpasagraduateassistant, but also for his helpful insights into the nature of toleration. Lastly and especially, I want to thank my friend and colleague Gary Scott, who has taughtmesomuchovertheyearsaboutinternationallawandthemeaning of friendship. Since it is all but certain that this work would never have happened without Gary’s kindness and support, it is only appropriate that itbededicatedtohim. ix
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