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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Main Author: Lister, Andrew
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2013
Series:Bloomsbury studies in political philosophy.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Public reason in practice and theory
  • False starts: unsuccessful justifications of public reason
  • Respect for persons as a constraint on coercion
  • Higher-order unanimity escape clause
  • Civic friendship as a constraint on reasons for decision
  • Public reason and (same-sex) marriage.