Liberal Virtues. Galston, W. A. The American Political Science Review, 82(4):1277–1290, 1988.
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I explore possible links between liberalism and conceptions of individual virtue. I first distinguish between virtue seen as instrumental to the preservation of societies and institutions and virtue seen as intrinsically valuable, that is, as an end in itself. I argue that certain distinctive instrumental virtues are required for well-functioning liberal societies, economies, and political institutions. I then sketch different versions of liberal intrinsic virtue and explore the tensions among them and between them and liberal instrumental virtue. I conclude with some competing conjectures as to what extent necessary liberal virtues are being fostered through current institutions.
@article{galston_liberal_1988,
	title = {Liberal {Virtues}},
	volume = {82},
	url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/1961760},
	abstract = {I explore possible links between liberalism and conceptions of individual virtue. I first distinguish between virtue seen as instrumental to the preservation of societies and institutions and virtue seen as intrinsically valuable, that is, as an end in itself. I argue that certain distinctive instrumental virtues are required for well-functioning liberal societies, economies, and political institutions. I then sketch different versions of liberal intrinsic virtue and explore the tensions among them and between them and liberal instrumental virtue. I conclude with some competing conjectures as to what extent necessary liberal virtues are being fostered through current institutions.},
	number = {4},
	journal = {The American Political Science Review},
	author = {Galston, William A.},
	year = {1988},
	keywords = {CULike, Liberalism, mazatlan},
	pages = {1277--1290},
}

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