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- naslov
Private Consciences and Public Reasons
- autor
Kent Greenawalt
- šifra
- B-31220
- izdanje
- n/a
- jezik
- engleski
- pismo
- latinica
- izdavač
- Oxford University Press, Oxford New York.
- štamparija
- Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper.
- godina
- 1995.
- opis
- tvrd povez, engl platno, XII+225 strana, 24cm
- stanje
- nedostaje omot, inače odlično
- cena
- n/a
- knjiga status
- prodato
- širi opis
Within democratic societies, a deep division exists over the nature of community and the grounds for political life. Should the political order be neutral between competing conceptions of the good life or should it be based on some such conception? This book addresses one crucial set of problems raised by this division: What bases should officials and citizens employ in reaching political decisions and justifying their positions? Should they feel free to rely on whatever grounds seem otherwise persuasive to them, like religious convictions, or should they restrict themselves to public reasons, reasons that are shared within the society or arise from the premises of liberal democracy? Kent Greenawalt argues that fundamental premises of liberal democracy alone do not provides answers to these questions, that much depends on historical and cultural contexts. After examining past and current practices and attitudes in the United States, he offers concrete suggestions for appropriate principles relevant to American society today. This incisive and timely analysis by one of our leading legal philosophers should attract a wide and diverse readership of scholars, practitioners, and concerned citizens.
- CONTENTS:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Settling Sretna Bosna
- 3. Accesible ond Nonaccessible Grounds of Political Decision
- 4. Religious Grounds and Grounds Based on Other Comprehensive Perspectives
- 5. Simple Arguments for No Restraint: Some Answers and Necessary Qualifications
- 6. Restraint as to Religious Grounds: Separation of Church and State
- 7. Excluding Grounds That Are Nonaccessible, Based on Comprehensive Views, or Based on Controversial Ideas of the Good Life
- 8. Acceptable and Unacceptable Religious Grounds?
- 9. No Restraint: Arguments from Religious Freedom, Equality, and Enrichment
- 10. Self-Restraint on Fundamentals
- 11. Autonomy, Generality, and Foundations of Principles of Restraint
- 12. Self-Restraint in Decision and Advocacy and Public Roles
- 13. Judicial Decision and Opinions
- 14. Decision and Advocacy by Legislators and Citizens
- 15. Religious Organizations and Political Life.
- Conclusion.
- Notes.
- Bibliography.
- Index.
- ISBN 0-19-509418-2
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