UID:
almahu_9947415286502882
Format:
1 online resource (v, 439 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781139058438 (ebook)
Content:
In Democracy and Authenticity Professor Howard Schweber examines a basic problem for liberal democracies. When a political entity is characterized by a multitude of identities and values, certain constraints apply to reasons for citizens and public officials to justify coercive political actions. The author argues that justifications based on particular religious doctrines are not a proper basis for government actions that affect everyone. He then develops a concept of public justification intended to guide citizens in a liberal democracy through the work of creating policies that satisfy their responsibilities to one another.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Introduction: consensus liberalism and the challenge of pluralism -- Three versions of the case for constraint: Audi, Rawls, and Larmore -- Subjective standards and the problem of deliberative perfectionism -- Liberalism and the problem of authenticity -- Further reflections on authenticity -- The scope of constraint -- Arguments from consequences: pluralism and the role of culture -- Further arguments from consequences: agonistic democracy and republican virtue -- Fairness as equality -- Fairness as recognition -- The argument from epistemology: claims of equivalence -- Empiricism and public justification -- Toward a theory of public justification.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781107015333
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139058438
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