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Consensus Interruptus

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Goodin, Robert

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If all reasonable people of good will and patience will eventually reach consensus, then anyone who fails to join in that consensus as being unreasonable or lacking in good will or patience. The "nice" (consensual) and "nasty" (intolerant) faces of communitarianism are thus joined. This article attempts to deny communitarians that excuse for intolerance by undermining Keith Lehrer's proof of the inevitability of rational consensus among all patient people of good will.

dc.contributor.authorGoodin, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:22:17Z
dc.identifier.issn1382-4554
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/66461
dc.description.abstractIf all reasonable people of good will and patience will eventually reach consensus, then anyone who fails to join in that consensus as being unreasonable or lacking in good will or patience. The "nice" (consensual) and "nasty" (intolerant) faces of communitarianism are thus joined. This article attempts to deny communitarians that excuse for intolerance by undermining Keith Lehrer's proof of the inevitability of rational consensus among all patient people of good will.
dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publishers
dc.sourceJournal of Ethics, The
dc.subjectKeywords: Communitarianism; Consensus; Disagreement; Intolerance; Rationality
dc.titleConsensus Interruptus
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.citationvolume5
dc.date.issued2001
local.identifier.absfor220305 - Ethical Theory
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub1287
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationGoodin, Robert, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage121
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage131
dc.date.updated2015-12-10T10:29:30Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-35348953686
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