Identity and Liberalism in Public Health: A Response to the Open Peer Commentaries.

Abstract

I would like to thank all who have taken the time to read and comment on my target article in which I compare state neutrality and perfectionism as approaches to justify public health policy and argue that perfectionism is the most promising approach (Ismaili M’hamdi 2021). The article has yielded seven commentaries. It is impossible for me to do justice to the commentators within the limits of this response. Given that criterion (d) of the liberal proviso, the role of identity and my description of state neutrality and liberalism elicited the most attention and critique I will focus on these topics.