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TALKING THE GOOD LIFE: FROM FREE SPEECH TO DEMOCRATIC DIALOGUE

Hutchinson, Allan
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Yale Journal of Law and Liberation
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Any legal or political theory is a theory about 'the good life'. It is nonsensical to talk of law or politics outside of a social context, or to discuss a social framework separate from its laws or politics. Law, politics and societies are inextricably linked; each helps to define and constitute the others. By striving to provide an account of the terms and conditions of collective and individual life in a social group, the legal or political theorist cannot avoid the abiding and central conundra of human existence - What is the proper and best way to live?
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13051/7715