Understanding legitimacy : political theory and Neo-Calvinist social thought.
This book addresses a substantive normative issue of contemporary political theory, the issue of political legitimacy, critiquing the mainstream approach of justificatory liberalism and offering an alternative reconstructed from neo-Calvinist social thought, a rich source of insights that might be a...
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2016
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Part I: JL Legitimacy; 2 Clarifying the Question and Surveying the JL Answer; 3 A First Unacceptable Consequence of JL; 4 A Second Unacceptable Consequence of JL; 5 A Third Worry about JL; Part II: The Neo-Calvinist Alternative; 6 An Outline of Neo-Calvinist Thought; 7 A Neo-Calvinist Theory of Legitimacy; Part III: JL and Neo-Calvinist Legitimacy in Dialogue; 8 Is Consent Needed to Justify Coercion?; 9 The Human Flourishing Tie; 10 How to Steer Clear of Paternalism; 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.
