Beyond Neutrality: Perfectionism and Politics

by George Sher

Book Overview

Many people, including many contemporary philosophers, believe that the state has no business trying to improve people's characters, elevating their tastes, or preventing them from living degraded lives. They believe that governments should remain absolutely neutral when it comes to the consideration of competing conceptions of the good. One fundamental aim of George Sher's book is to show that this view is indefensible. A second complementary aim...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521578248
• ISBN13: 9780521578240
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"