Political Perfectionism as a Possible Concretization of the Fact of Majority: An Alternative Towards Well-Ordered Societies

Liberalism and perfectionism were considered incompatible positions by John Rawls. This incompatibility was questioned by several authors. Departing from this point, the article proposes a political perfectionist liberalism as a promising possibility for liberal democracies to face the task of promoting the political virtues necessary for its reproduction.

KEYWORDS:
democracy; fact of majority; political virtues; political liberalism; political perfectionism