Format:
X, 242 S.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] Ebrary Online-Ressource ebrary online
ISBN:
0804770778
,
9780804770767
,
9780804770774
Content:
A critical evaluation of Rawlsian and Habermasian paradigms of political philosophy that offers an interpretation and defense of Habermas's theory of law and democracy as a superior alternative to Rawls's political liberalism.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Freestanding Political Philosophy and the Descriptivist Critique of Rawls -- 2. The Rawlsian Apparatus of Justification -- 3. Rawls between Metaphysics and Proceduralism -- 4. Procedure and Substance, Construction and Reconstruction -- 5. Discourse Theory and the Constitutional Democratic State -- 6. Proceduralism and Functionalism in Habermas's Theory of Law and Democracy -- 7. Rawls and the Critique of Constitutional Contractarianism -- 8. Habermasian Constitutional Theory -- 9. Conclusion: Idealizations and Power -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780804774758
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780804770767
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Rawls and Habermas reason, pluralism, and the claims of political philosophy
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Hedrick, Todd, 1978 - Rawls and Habermas Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Univ. Press., 2010 ISBN 080477076X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780804770774
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0804770778
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780804770767
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
Keywords:
Rawls, John 1921-2002
;
Politische Philosophie
;
Habermas, Jürgen 1929-
