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Supra n. 1,. at 10.
Supra n. 1,. at 12.
Charles Taylor has argued, for example, inThe Ethics Of Authenticity (Boston, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1991) that a valid moral idea that does not entail—and is indeed hostile to—moral subjectivism can be recovered from liberal values.
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Supra n. 5,. at 132.
Supra n. 5,. at 132.
Supra n. 5,. at 132.
Supra n. 5,. at 131 n. 1.
Supra n. 5,. at 138.
Its definitive statement is C.B. MacPherson,The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962).
Supra n. 12,.passim, and especially 220 and 270.
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Supra n. 5,, at 138, my emphasis.
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Arundell, R. Machan versus locke: Is “pure” libertarianism possible?. Res Publica 3, 149–163 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02333602
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