TY - JOUR

T1 - The Goal of Sexual Activism

T2 - Toleration, Recognition, or Both?

AU - Nielsen, Morten Ebbe Juul

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 by the author.

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - Sexual activism (for, e.g., participants in the LGBT+ or BDSM communities) is prima facie commendable, at least for the liberal. However, it is unclear whether the end goal of such activism is toleration or recognition. The argument of this paper is that, on the level of authoritative political and social-moral rules, toleration is the only justifiable goal, while recognition may be pursued as an ideal outside the sphere of political and social-moral rules, that is, in civil society. The argument builds on a Gausian public reason understanding of justifiability, emphasizing reasonable disagreement and a diversity of viewpoints.

AB - Sexual activism (for, e.g., participants in the LGBT+ or BDSM communities) is prima facie commendable, at least for the liberal. However, it is unclear whether the end goal of such activism is toleration or recognition. The argument of this paper is that, on the level of authoritative political and social-moral rules, toleration is the only justifiable goal, while recognition may be pursued as an ideal outside the sphere of political and social-moral rules, that is, in civil society. The argument builds on a Gausian public reason understanding of justifiability, emphasizing reasonable disagreement and a diversity of viewpoints.

KW - Gaus

KW - public reason

KW - recognition

KW - sexual activism

KW - toleration

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85168954170&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.3390/philosophies8040057

DO - 10.3390/philosophies8040057

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85168954170

VL - 8

JO - Philosophies

JF - Philosophies

SN - 2409-9287

IS - Special Issue

M1 - 57

ER -