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We (allegedly) haven’t imposed a normative vision of human social arrangements except the maxim Be autonomous. The result? Erosion of family stability (especially for the poor) and widening inequality, exposing the most vulnerable to even more social threats, eviscerating the working class, and amplifying inequality—none of which looks very just, even if it is the result of observing a kind of procedural justice.

James K.A. Smith

We (allegedly) haven’t imposed a normative vision of human social arrangements except the maxim Be autonomous. The result? Erosion of family stability (especially for the poor) and widening inequality, exposing the most vulnerable to even more social threats, eviscerating the working class, and amplifying inequality—none of which looks very just, even if it is the result of observing a kind of procedural justice.

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About James K.A. Smith

James Kenneth Alexander Smith (born 1970) is a Canadian-American philosopher who is currently Professor of Philosophy at Calvin University, holding the Gary & Henrietta Byker Chair in Applied Reformed Theology & Worldview. He is the current editor-in-chief of the literary journal Image.