[conservativephilosopher-announce] New post at The Conservative Philosopher

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	There is a new post on The Conservative Philosopher.  You can read it at:

http://www.conservativephilosopher.com/posts/1142047143.shtml

It begins:

	A further merit of the difference principle is that
	it provides an interpretation of the principle of
	fraternity. In comparison with liberty and
	equality, the idea of fraternity has had a lesser
	place in democratic theory. It is thought to be
	less specifically a political concept, not in
	itself defining any of the democratic rights but
	conveying instead certain attitudes of mind and
	forms of conduct without which we would lose sight
	of the values expressed by these rights. Or closely
	related to this, fraternity is held to represent a
	certain equality of social esteem manifest in
	various public conventions and...