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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

    Rawlsian political liberalism already concedes that the state must presuppose the good of free and equal citizenship, refuting strict neutrality from within liberal theory.

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    • 1.Rawls's 'fair terms of cooperation' requires presupposing citizens as free and equal, making this a foundational political value, not mere neutrality.
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    • 2.If the state enforces any conception of justice, it endorses some view of the good (here: equal citizenship), so perfect neutrality is conceptually impossible.
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    • 3.Rawls himself acknowledges political liberalism rests on reasonable pluralism about comprehensive goods, proving he abandoned strict state neutrality.
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    • 1.Presupposing free and equal citizenship is a thin procedural framework, not a thick conception of the good like perfectionist or religious doctrines.
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    • 2.Rawls distinguishes between political values (legitimate for state enforcement) and comprehensive goods (requiring neutrality), so the claim conflates categories.
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    • 3.All political theories require some foundational commitments; Rawls's does not refute neutrality but rather specifies its proper scope and limits.
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