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| Titel: |
Infusing morality into political institutions |
| Auteur: |
He, Baogang |
| Verschenen in: |
The journal of contemporary China |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 2 (1993) nr. 2 pagina's 35-52 |
| Jaar: |
1993 |
| Inhoud: |
This paper argues that democratic institutional design does not require a sage's conception of morality, or Chinese Marxist, goal-based morality. But it would be wrong to take this further and argue that no form of morality constitutes a normative basis for democratic politics. Contrarily, the author argues for a right-based morality as being a solid moral foundation for Chinese liberal institutional design; and a procedural conception of morality as an actual basis for well-functioning democratic institutions. The argument of the independence of politics from morality fails because the problem of the abuse of procedure intrinsically requires a moral remedy that procedure should be fair. Practical argument of the catastrophic consequences of infusing politics with moral principles fails because it fails to distinguish between goal-based and right-based moralities. The cultural relativist argument fails again because empirical moral diversity does not exclude a normatively minimal international morality and because a universal doctrine of right-based morality is rooted in today's Chinese politics. |
| Uitgever: |
Routledge |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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