Limits on political confrontation are political choices, not moral or rational requirements

Evidence

Democratic theory should renounce those forms of escapism and face the challenge that the recognition of the pluralism of values entails. This docs not mean accepting a total pluralism, and some limits need to be put to the kind of confrontarion which is going ro be seen as legitimate in the public sphere. But the political nature of the limits should be acknowledged instead of being presented as requirements of morality or rationality. — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 428

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The tension between liberal rights and democratic sovereignty is ineradicable yet negotiable, not fatal — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 426; Procedures always embed substantial ethical commitments, never pure neutrality — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 440; Democracy’s task is converting antagonism into agonism, not erasing it — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 584 (+3 more)