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    Perfectionist liberals like Joseph Raz demonstrate that a... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→A liberal state can promote the good of its citizenry only in ways consistent with every reasonable conception of the good

    Perfectionist liberals like Joseph Raz demonstrate that autonomy requires material and social conditions the state must actively promote, not merely permit.

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    • 1.Formal freedom to choose is illusory without access to education, healthcare, and economic opportunity to exercise meaningful choices.
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    • 2.Historical evidence shows marginalized groups gained autonomy through active state intervention, not passive non-interference.
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    • 3.A state that permits suffering while able to prevent it tacitly endorses a system where only the privileged are truly autonomous.
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    • 1.State promotion of conditions requires paternalistic judgments about what constitutes 'proper' autonomy, risking authoritarian overreach.
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    • 2.Distinguishing between promoting autonomy and advancing particular conceptions of the good life is practically impossible for governments.
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    • 3.Individual responsibility and reciprocal obligation weaken when autonomy becomes dependent on state provision rather than personal agency.
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