Plato's Republic

[dave dorkin]

They arent bad examples for me-they might seem like it
to you perhaps given your anglo-american
legal/political background-and in fact they were not
protected as you say simply in all the cases to which
I refered. The point was that liberal society can make
these decisions-it just so happens that they may
simply reflect a certain group's particular conception
over others and that is not "principled" in any sense
which can be defended other than we have no other
option than to privilege one conception over another. 

 

They were resolved in at least 3 very different ways
in each of the 3 areas owing to considerations of what
it would be "reasonable" to do and by taking
considerations entirely unrelated to any principle
that could be grounded and applied consistantly. So if
by rule of law you mean anything other than pragmatic
concerns bounded by a constitutional text, pleaed do
tell. For my part, I see some value in it like EP
Thompson, but let's not exagerate...

--- Justin Schwartz <jkschw at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Those are bad examples. Head scarves are obviously
> protected unless there is 
> a safety reason to prohibit them. I am aware that
> particular cases pose hard 
> questions. That's been my business for years.
> 
> Nonetheless, there is no alternative toliberalism
> but illiberalism and 
> coercion, and that's not an acceptable alternative.
> That's why it's an easy 
> question. 

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