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The Procedural Republic and the Unencumbered Self

Michael J. Sandel · Political Theory, 12(1), 81–96 · 1984

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Type: Article
Author: Michael J. Sandel
Identifier: DOI 10.1177/0090591784012001005
Accessed: 2026-09-01

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TheorySandel argued that Rawlsian liberalism rests on an overly individualistic conception of the self, neglecting attachments — 'as members of this family or community or nation or people' — that partly constitute who we are; he later called this liberal self 'unencumbered'.