Free Public Reason: Making It Up As We Go - Couverture rigide

D'Agostino, Fred

 
9780195097610: Free Public Reason: Making It Up As We Go
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0195097610 ISBN 13 : 9780195097610
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1996

Synopsis

This book examines the idea of public justification, stressing its importance but also questioning the coherence of the concept itself. D'Agostino shows that the concept is composed of various values, interests, and notions of the good, and that no ranking of these is possible. The notion of public justification is thus shown to be itself contestable. In showing this to be so, D'Agostino undermines many current political theories that rely on the concept of public justification, including those by Rawls, Waldron, and Nagel.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book examines the idea of public justification, stressing its importance but also questioning the coherence of the concept itself. D'Agostino shows that the concept is composed of various values, interests, and notions of the good, and that no ranking of these is possible. The notion of public justification is thus shown to be itself contestable. In showing this to be so, D'Agostino undermines many current political theories that rely on the concept of public justification, including those by Rawls, Waldron, and Nagel.

Revue de presse

This is a challenging and tightly argued book on the idea of public justification. (Maurizio Passerin D'Entrèves, University of Manchester, Political Studies, Vol. 45, No. 1, March '97)

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195097610
ISBN 13 
9780195097610
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
216
Coordonnées du fabricant
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