Recovering the Social Contract - Couverture rigide

Replogle, Ron

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0847675912 ISBN 13 : 9780847675913

Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield, 1989

Synopsis

The author defends a novel philosophical thesis about the nature and foundation of moral rights. The thesis maintains that rights-claims derive their credibility from a distinctive idea of equality according to which persons are not just equally valuable but equally invaluable. The egalitarian ideal derives its normative content from widely acknowledged norms of competence that are distinguishable from and conceptually prior to the norms of rationality and morality that have exercised contemporary theorists of rational choice and justice. When its nature and foundation are appreciated, rights-based justice can be seen to be more powerful and, in an important sense, less ideological than alternative conceptions. In defending this view, the author considers how ideology corrupts thinking about justice and maintains that contemporary theorists are ideological in a sense that disqualifies them from setting credible normative standards.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ron Replogle is assistant professor of politics at New York University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rowman & Littlefield
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0847675912
• ISBN 13: 9780847675913
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible