The Libertarian-Communitarian Debate/Problems of Liberalism

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So, I wrote this a bit ago. As alluded to in the title, I am attempting to use a resolution of the libertarian-communitarian debate in order to resolve the problems of liberalism. All of that kinda shrouded within a biological/evolutionary framework. Just thought this might be good place to have some good solid discussion on it. It’s really in the beginning stages, and I thought it would do it some good to give it some air; let it feel some real criticism.

It’s not really an “academic” piece in structure, to be sure, but it’s a nice outline of the argument I am trying to make

But I’m kinda entering the fray post-Alasdair MacIntyre’s “After Virtue” so if i’m too sparse on the MacIntyre (it may just be implied, more than anything) and you’re interested, this is a nice overview of his position. http://www.iep.utm.edu/p/p-macint.htm#H3
Basically, the goal of the piece was to articulate a standard that could bridge the divide we currently face in moral discussions, a way to minimize the impact of competing justification schemes, and make agreement much more possible.

well, here’s the link: http://methodicalspontaneity.blogspot.com/2007/11/biological-philosophical-and-political.html

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I’ve not read your article (though I’m about to) but as a great co-incidence I’ve just read Baggini’s article in Prospect magazine, which you may or may not know, on the communitarian - liberal divide in mainstream British culture and what it means for progressive politics, from the jan 08 edition, and felt like a discussion on this :slight_smile:.

Will have a response to your work in a min, depending on how long it takes to read :slight_smile:.

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I actually haven’t read that article, but I’m currently trying to find a subscription-less source (probably not going to work). I hadn’t heard of him until your post, but I’m definitely researching his ideas right now. Seems right up my alley. Thanks. I look forward to reading what you think about all this.