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    Supports→Rejecting state neutrality is compatible with value pluralism

    George Crowder argues that pluralism generates a 'pluralist perfectionism' precisely because navigating plural values requires cultivating specific liberal virtues the state may promote.

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    George Crowder(the author being cited for this argument about pluralism)
    A contemporary philosopher who studies political theory and has written extensively about how societies can balance different competing values and beliefs.
    Liberal virtues(the qualities the state might encourage people to develop)
    Character traits and habits that help democracy work well, like tolerance, fairness, respect for others' freedom, and open-mindedness.
    Pluralism
    The view that values are many and conflicting, and no single life can include all values or make the interpersonally correct choice among them
    Pluralist perfectionism(the specific theory Crowder is developing)
    A philosophy that says a society can help people become their best selves while still respecting the fact that different people have different ideas about what 'becoming your best self' means.
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    (Contrasted with Aristotle's view of the state as a natural stage of human development)
    A self-imposed moral entity created by humans at the command of natural law as a defensive cooperative scheme against the threat posed by other human beings.

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