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‘Sehnsucht Dorthin’

A response to Rasmussen and Flynn

Fred Dallmayr

University of Notre Dame, USA

In my response I take issue mainly with the conception of ‘political liberalism’, as defended by David Rasmussen, and of ‘civic republicanism’, as championed by Bernard Flynn. In opposition to the interest-based individualism of the former, and the state-centered conception of the latter, I support the perspective of an ethically sustained and pluralistic democracy, where democratic politics means the open-ended striving for the ‘good life’ of all people.

Key Words: Hannah Arendt • Cicero • civic republicanism • Walter Lippmann • John Locke • Machiavelli • political liberalism • public philosophy

Philosophy & Social Criticism, Vol. 35, No. 9, 1133-1142 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0191453709343402
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