<P> Coercion is the very essence of law....that is the entire point of Dworkin's work: how does a liberla society one justify coersion?
<P> <B><I>Justin Schwartz <jkschw@hotmail.com></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>><BR>>actually, a lot harder than I think you let on...with<BR>>a lot of very different ends and bigger fundamental<BR>>disagreements you end up with more and more problems<BR>>for which Rorty, Walzer et al have very little on<BR>>offer-have you looked at headscarve cases in Bavaria,<BR>>France and England which are just the tip of that<BR>>iceberg?<BR>><BR><BR>Those are bad examples. Head scarves are obviously protected unless there is <BR>a safety reason to prohibit them. I am aware that particular cases pose hard <BR>questions. That's been my business for years.<BR><BR>Nonetheless, there is no alternative toliberalism but illiberalism and <BR>coercion, and that's not an acceptable alternative. That's why it's an easy <BR>question. I trace my own liberalsim back to Mill rather than Rorty and <BR>Walzer. I still don't think you can beat On Liberty, the seco!
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greatest <BR>piece of political philosophy ever written.<BR><BR>jks<BR><BR>><BR>><BR>> > A liberal state premised on the fact of fundamental<BR>> > disagreement about ends,<BR>> > and based on the rule of law--is that so hard?<BR>> ><BR>> > jks<BR>><BR>>__________________________________________________<BR>>Do You Yahoo!?<BR>>LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience<BR>>http://launch.yahoo.com<BR><BR><BR>_________________________________________________________________<BR>Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1><b>Do You Yahoo!?</b><br>
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