The limits on pluralism are political choices, not moral or rational dictates.

Evidence

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: This anticipates the enemy/adversary distinction central to the reader’s question — the acknowledgment that limits are political, not rational, is what keeps pluralism from needing a permanent Enemy. — connects to: Limits on political confrontation are political choices, not moral or rational requirements — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 428; Constituting the people politically need not preclude pluralism within that association — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 242; Ideological choices are decided beforehand by power blocs, not by individuals. — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 163 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Limits on political confrontation are political choices, not moral or rational requirements #corroborates (0.92) — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 428
• Constituting the people politically need not preclude pluralism within that association #responds-to (0.84) — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 242
• Taking pluralism seriously requires abandoning the dream of rational consensus. #qualifies (0.80) — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 444
• Academic pluralism often masks political constraints rather than expressing intellectual freedom #exemplifies (0.79) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 279
• Ideological choices are decided beforehand by power blocs, not by individuals. #expands (0.78) — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 163
• Legislative supremacy over local governments is limited in practice by politics, not law. #exemplifies (0.77) — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 444
• Limited government need not erase a society’s distinctive moral character #qualifies (0.75) — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 92
• Evangelical Moral Majority politics opposed religious pluralism partly to exclude Muslims from policy influence #exemplifies (0.74) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 676
• Political theories are forms determined by social content, not freely chosen options. #expands (0.72) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 580