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The uncomfortable question of urgency for liberal thought: A dialogue between John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government and contemporary liberal theory

Abstract:: Amartya Sen and Thomas M. Scanlon confront liberal theories of primary goods by asking how they determine the appropriate political urgency for some goods over others. Their review of arguments of welfare optimization through impartial reasoning reveals a lack of discussion on why in a democracy some citizen views should be considered objective and some subjective and to be pursued with less urgency. The article traces this disjuncture to discussions in John Locke’s Two Treatises of Governmen...
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Burbidge, D. (2017). The uncomfortable question of urgency for liberal thought: A dialogue between John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government and contemporary liberal theory. Politics & Poetics, ii.

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Burbidge, D. “The Uncomfortable Question of Urgency for Liberal Thought: A Dialogue between John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government and Contemporary Liberal Theory.” Politics & Poetics, vol. ii, Clarion Review, 2017.

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Burbidge, D. 2017. “The Uncomfortable Question of Urgency for Liberal Thought: A Dialogue between John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government and Contemporary Liberal Theory.” Politics & Poetics ii.
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University of Oxford

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SSD

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OSGA

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African Studies

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Publisher:: Clarion Review Publisher's website
Journal:: Politics & Poetics Journal website
Volume:: ii
Publication date:: 2017-06-01
Acceptance date:: 2017-06-01

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Pubs id:: pubs:797487
UUID:: uuid:3809c46b-8f6b-4d10-ae3a-1ca26d961733
Local pid:: pubs:797487
Source identifiers:: 797487
Deposit date:: 2017-11-27

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