Public reason and political community /
Public Reason and Political Community defends the liberal ideal of public reason against its critics, but as a form of moral compromise for the sake of civic friendship rather than as a consequence of respect for persons as moral agents. At the heart of the principle of public justification is an id...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury,
2013.
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| Series: | Bloomsbury studies in political philosophy.
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| Online Access: | Full text (Emerson users only) Full text (Emmanuel users only) Full text (NECO users only) Full text (MCPHS users only) Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Summary: | Public Reason and Political Community defends the liberal ideal of public reason against its critics, but as a form of moral compromise for the sake of civic friendship rather than as a consequence of respect for persons as moral agents. At the heart of the principle of public justification is an idealized unanimity requirement, which can be framed in at least two different ways. Is it our reasons for political decisions that have to be unanimously acceptable to qualified points of view, otherwise we exclude them from deliberation, or is it coercive state action that must be unanimously accept. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (242 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781780937274 178093727X |