Rawls and Habermas: reason, pluralism, and the claims of political philosophy
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Main Author: Hedrick, Todd (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. Stanford University Press 2010
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Freestanding political philosophy and the descriptivist critique of Rawls -- The Rawlsian apparatus of justification -- Rawls between metaphysics and proceduralism -- Procedure and substance, construction and reconstruction -- Discourse theory and the constitutional democratic state -- Proceduralism and functionalism in Habermas's theory of law and democracy -- Rawls and the critique of constitutional contractarianism -- Habermasian constitutional theory -- Conclusion : idealizations and power
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 242 pages)
ISBN:0804774757
9780804774758

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