Much of the recent literature on political perfectionism has focused on dealing with objections to this view. This book adopts a different approach: It attempts to highlight the intuitive appeal of liberal perfectionism by presenting a positive prima facie argument in its favour. The book starts by clarifying the relation between political perfectionism -- a conception of politics -- and prudential perfectionism and ethical perfectionism -- a conception of the good life, and a type of ethical theory. It is crucial to start by selecting a plausible form of ethical perfectionism, as...
Much of the recent literature on political perfectionism has focused on dealing with objections to this view. This book adopts a different approach...
