We find again, stated openly in this case, the same attempt to
foreclose the possibility of dissent in the public realm that we have
already observed in Rawls and Larmore. For those liberals, a fully
realized liberal democratic order is one in which there is perfect
unanimity concerning political arrangements and total coincidence
between the individuals and their institutions. Their aim is to reach a
type of consensus which, by its very nature, will disqualify every move
to destabilize it. The pluralism they defend only resides in the private
sphere and is restricted to philosophical, moral and religious issues.
TTtey do not seem to understand that there can also be unresolvable
conflicts in the field of political values.