num_pages: 201
description: Contemporary liberal political justification is often accused of preaching to the liberal principles are acceptable only to people already committed to liberal values. Catriona McKinnon addresses this important criticism by arguing that self-respect and its social conditions should be placed at the heart of the liberal approach to justification. A commitment to self-respect delivers a commitment to the liberal values of toleration and public reason, but self-respect itself is not an exclusively liberal value.
language: English
title: Liberalism and the Defence of Political Constructivism
titlecomplete: Liberalism and the Defence of Political Constructivism
genres: Philosophy
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan