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Michael Esfeld

Michael Esfeld is full professor of philosophy of science at the University of Lausanne, fellow of Leopoldina – the National Academy of Germany, and member of the board of trustees of the Liberal Institute of Switzerland.

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The Illusion of Republicanism

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The open society is also dependent on a positive narrative of freedom and self-determination. As an open society, however, it must be open in terms of how – and thus by which values – this narrative is justified. That is to say, it has to accommodate a pluralism of narratives which agree in the conclusion of implementing in society the moral obligation for every person to respect the right to self-determination of every other person.


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