@article{THESIS,
      recid = {4292},
      author = {Cohen, Matthew},
      title = {Democracy as Value-Experimentalism: A Deweyan Alternative  to Ethical Neutrality},
      publisher = {University of Chicago},
      school = {M.A.},
      address = {2022-08},
      number = {THESIS},
      abstract = {This thesis critiques the notion of "ethical neutrality"  in liberal political thought, particularly that of John  Rawls. Its primary intervention is to propose an  alternative account of the ethical basis of liberal  democracy, drawing on John Dewey's pragmatism. As opposed  to adopting a stance of neutrality on matters of value,  this approach, which I term value-experimentalism, grounds  the legitimacy of public institutions - and the  comprehensive ethical judgments which they necessarily  involve - on their openness to ongoing contestation. I  conclude by defending this view as a fulfillment of, not a  threat to liberal freedom.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/4292},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.4292},
}