Public Reason And Political Community (bloomsbury Studies In Political Philosop)
by Andrew Lister /
2013 / English / PDF
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Public Reason and Political Community
Public Reason and Political Community defends the liberal
ideal of public reason against its critics, but as a form of
moral compromise for the sake of civic friendship rather than as
a consequence of respect for persons as moral agents.
defends the liberal
ideal of public reason against its critics, but as a form of
moral compromise for the sake of civic friendship rather than as
a consequence of respect for persons as moral agents.
At the heart of the principle of public justification is an
idealized unanimity requirement, which can be framed in at least
two different ways. Is it our reasons for political decisions
that have to be unanimously acceptable to qualified points of
view, otherwise we exclude them from deliberation, or is it
coercive state action that must be unanimously acceptable,
otherwise we default to not having a common rule or policy, on
the issue at hand? Andrew Lister explores the 'anti-perfectionist
dilemma' that results from this ambiguity. He defends the reasons
model on grounds of the value of political community, and applies
it to recent debates about marriage.
At the heart of the principle of public justification is an
idealized unanimity requirement, which can be framed in at least
two different ways. Is it our reasons for political decisions
that have to be unanimously acceptable to qualified points of
view, otherwise we exclude them from deliberation, or is it
coercive state action that must be unanimously acceptable,
otherwise we default to not having a common rule or policy, on
the issue at hand? Andrew Lister explores the 'anti-perfectionist
dilemma' that results from this ambiguity. He defends the reasons
model on grounds of the value of political community, and applies
it to recent debates about marriage.
