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1 online resource |
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Introduction : Political Reason After the Enlightenment -- Reason and Tradition -- Reason and Faith -- Agonism -- Reasonableness -- Civic Education for Democracy -- Global Distributive Justice |
| Summary |
In modern democratic societies, the plurality of differing and conflicting moral doctrines stands alongside a commitment to resolve political disputes through the use of moral reasoning. Given the fact of moral pluralism, how can there be moral resolutions to political disputes? What type of moral reasoning is appropriate in the public sphere? These questions are explored through a close and critical analysis of the work of Alasdair MacIntyre and Rawls. In this book it is argued that the anti-Enlightenment work of Alasdair MacIntyre, along with post-modernists, fails on epistemological, ethical, and political grounds, while in contrast, Rawls's 'core conception of reasonableness, ' which is a type of political reasoning carried out 'in the manner of' the Enlightenment, is better placed to successfully respond to the moral disputes of contemporary politics. The practical application of these ideas is also explored in discussions of civic education and global distributive justice |
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"In modern democratic societies, the plurality of differing and conflicting moral doctrines stands alongside a commitment to resolve political disputes through the use of moral reasoning. Given the fact of moral pluralism, how can there be moral resolutions to political disputes? What type of moral reasoning is appropriate in the public sphere? These questions are explored through a close and critical analysis of the work of Alasdair MacIntyre and Rawls. In this book it is argued that the anti-Enlightenment work of Alasdair MacIntyre, along with post-modernists, fails on epistemological, ethical, and political grounds, while in contrast, Rawls's 'core conception of reasonableness, ' which is a type of political reasoning carried out 'in the manner of' the Enlightenment, is better placed to successfully respond to the moral disputes of contemporary politics. The practical application of these ideas is also explored in discussions of civic education and global distributive justice."-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Political science -- Philosophy.
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Political science & theory.
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Social & political philosophy.
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Ethics & moral philosophy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Political.
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Politics and Government.
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Political science -- Philosophy
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781137291622 |
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1137291621 |
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