The neutrality of the Liberal State in Rainer Forst

Authors

  • João Gabriel Soares Silva Autor

Abstract

The present article endeavors to portray Rainer Forst's arguments in his book Contexts of Justice in defense of the so-called neutrality of the liberal State. To this aim, I will provide a reconstruction of Thomas Nagel's theory based on reciprocity and universality arguments, as well as of some critiques of liberal neutrality and of the rejoinders to them. At the end, I will present the function of right in Rainer Forst's view, by way of his description of the liberal State as ethically neutral.

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Published

2017-03-02

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2016): Theories of Justice and Philosophy of Law

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Dossiê

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SILVA, João Gabriel Soares. The neutrality of the Liberal State in Rainer Forst. Revista Opinião Filosófica, Porto Alegre, v. 7, n. 2, p. 258–269, 2017. Disponível em: https://www.opiniaofilosofica.org/index.php/opiniaofilosofica/article/view/699.. Acesso em: 24 oct. 2026.