Modern pluralistic states lack the shared substantive purposes necessary for identity formation, instead coordinating among irreducibly diverse conceptions of the good (cf. Rawls's political liberalism).
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Rawls's idea that a fair government shouldn't try to make everyone agree on what the 'good life' is, but instead should focus only on fair rules that let people pursue their own different goals.
Rawls(as the philosopher whose ideas are being referenced)
John Rawls, a 20th-century philosopher famous for developing theories about justice and fairness in society.
Substantive purposes(what modern states supposedly lack)
Deep, meaningful goals or reasons for living that actually matter to people—not just surface-level rules, but core beliefs about what makes life worth living.
cf.(as used in academic and philosophical writing)
An abbreviation of the Latin phrase 'confer,' meaning 'compare this to' or 'see also'—it tells you to look at another source for a related idea.