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Consensus Interruptus

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If all reasonable people of goodwill and patience will eventually reachconsensus, then anyone who fails to join inthat consensus as being unreasonable or lackingin good will or patience. The ``nice''(consensual) and ``nasty'' (intolerant) faces ofcommunitarianism are thus joined. This articleattempts to deny communitarians that excuse forintolerance by undermining Keith Lehrer's proofof the inevitability of rational consensusamong all patient people of good will.

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  1. Philosophy Program, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia

    Robert E. Goodin

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Goodin, R.E. Consensus Interruptus. The Journal of Ethics 5, 121–131 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011900121994

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