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    It is not the case that The neo-liberal account of democracy is insufficiently justified in its claim that citizens' aspirations for social justice cannot be achieved by the modern state.

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    • 1.The neo-liberal account contends that citizens' aspirations for social justice and the common good cannot be achieved by the modern state.
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    • 2.More evidence is needed to support this contention.
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    • 1.Amartya Sen's capabilities approach shows that states have successfully expanded substantive freedoms through public health, education, and welfare programs.
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    • 2.Empirical success of Scandinavian social democracies in achieving high equality and well-being directly contradicts the neo-liberal claim of state incapacity.
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    • 3.A claim asserted without adequate empirical or theoretical grounding fails basic standards of philosophical justification, as Habermas's discourse ethics requires.
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    Reason against 2 of 2
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    • 1.Rawls's theory of justice demonstrates that redistributive institutions can align market outcomes with principles of fairness citizens would rationally endorse.
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    • 2.If a principled framework exists under which states can achieve social justice, the neo-liberal claim that it is impossible lacks sufficient justification.
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