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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

    The requirement of consistency with 'every reasonable conception of the good' is self-defeating, as many reasonable conceptions endorse illiberal communal arrangements.

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    • 1.Many historically and currently thriving societies embrace illiberal communal values as genuinely reasonable, not marginal aberrations.
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    • 2.A framework requiring accommodation of all reasonable conceptions while excluding illiberal ones contains an internal contradiction.
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    • 3.If liberalism cannot justify excluding reasonable illiberal views without begging the question, it cannot claim neutrality.
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    • 1.'Reasonable' need not mean 'acceptable to include in shared institutions'—reasonableness and political legitimacy operate on different standards.
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    • 2.Liberalism can consistently prioritize individual freedoms as foundational without contradicting itself or requiring neutrality toward all conceptions.
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    • 3.The claim conflates 'accommodating every conception' with 'respecting every conception as having equal claim to institutional support'.
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