Justice, Democracy and the Right to Justification - Rainer Forst in Dialogue

Informationen zum Autor Rainer Forst is Professor of Political Theory and Philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. and the Chairman of the Excellenzkluster 'The Formation of Normative Orders'. He received his doctorate under the supervision of Jürgen Habermas in 1993. He is the author of four books, three of which have been translated into English: Contexts of Justice (2002) , The Right to Justification (2010) and Toleration in Conflict (forthcoming). Klappentext This book discusses a fundamental research program developed by Rainder Frost. The core of this is a moral account of the basic right of justification that human beings owe to one another. This account is put to work by Forst in articulating accounts of the contexts and form of justice and of toleration. Vorwort This volume introduces Rainer Forst's influential moral account of the basic right of justification that humans owe to one another as rational beings. Zusammenfassung This book discusses a fundamental research program developed by Rainder Frost. The core of this is a moral account of the basic right of justification that human beings owe to one another. This account is put to work by Forst in articulating accounts of the contexts and form of justice and of toleration. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionPart One: Lead Essay1. Justice, Democracy and the Right to Justification: Two Pictures of Justice Rainer Forst Part Two: Responses2. Scottish Constructivism and the Right to Justification Andrea Sangiovanni 3. The Power of Justification Amy Allen 4. Complexities of Political Discourse Kevin Olson 5. The Practice of Equality Anthony Simon Laden 6. The Boundary Problem and the Right to Justification Eva Erman 7. Justice and the Basic Right to Justification Simon Caney Part Three: Response by Rainer Forst BibliographyIndexIndex...

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• Authors: Rainer Forst, Rainer (Professor of Political Theory Forst, Forst Rainer
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.06.2014
• EAN: 9781780932392
• ISBN: 978-1-78093-239-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Critical Powers; Critical Powers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory