Ferrara, Alessandro.

Justice and Judgement : The Rise and the Prospect of the Judgement Model in Contemporary Political Philosophy. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (271 pages) - Philosophy and Social Criticism series . - Philosophy and Social Criticism series .

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: The Rise of the Judgment Model in Contemporary Political Philosophy -- 1- A Reasonable View of the Reasonable -- 2 - Democracy, Justice and Discourse -- 3 - An (Almost) Aesthetic Model of Normative Validity -- 4 - From Fictive Dialogue to Situated Judgement -- 5 - The Judgment View of Higher Lawmaking -- Part II: Completing the Turn: The Prospect for the Judgment Model -- 6 - Traces of Modern Universalism in Contemporary Liberalism -- 7 - The Judgment View of Justice -- 8 - Impartiality without Principles and the Ideal of Equal Respect -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Introducing theories of judgement in contemporary political and moral philosophy, this book offers a critical examination of judgement and normative validity in the recent works of Rawls, Habermas, Ackerman, Michelman and Dworkin, including an historical overview of the judgement model in contemporary political philosophy; the function of the constitution; and deliberative democracy. The book concludes with a discussion of universalism and contemporary liberalism; and the judgement view of justice.

9781848609501


Judgment (Ethics).


Electronic books.

JC578 -- .F47 1999eb

320.01

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