“…While it may be most desirable to obtain this civic virtue by social consensus, this may not be realistic, especially in societies divided by ethnicity/race, religion, language, culture, etc. One is drawn to Böckenförde's insight that the liberal state, committed to religious and ideological neutrality, cannot guarantee its own prerequisites and ensure social solidarity (Böckenförde, Künkler, and Stein 2020;Künkler and Stein 2018). The question is how to establish and maintain these civic virtues.…”