The Impossibility of a Civil Society

Authors

Isidoro Talavera, Franklin UniversityFollow

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Abstract

We will never be able to achieve a liberal civil society because limitations of a civil society cannot be seen to be just a matter that it sometimes operates in an arena where contradictory forces are at play-where imperfect people organize around democratic and liberal values, and also around values that can be defined as uncivil to protect their group-based interests. The five conditions prohibit a liberal civil society because when applied each of which seems, when independently considered, to be plausible, but when taken together in fact conflict and are logically incompatible. Accordingly, one may argue that civil society should be considered as part of a wide spectrum of the different forms or degrees of uncivil society .

Publication Date

10-7-2016

College/Unit

College of Arts, Sciences and Technology

Disciplines

Ethics and Political Philosophy

Recommended Citation

Talavera, Isidoro, "The Impossibility of a Civil Society" (2016). Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success. 27.
https://fuse.franklin.edu/ss2016/27