The right to justification :
Forst, Rainer, 1964-
The right to justification : elements of a constructivist theory of justice / Rainer Forst ; translated by Jeffrey Flynn. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2012. - x, 351 p. ; 24 cm. - New directions in critical theory .
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: the foundation of justice -- Practical reason and justifying reasons: on the foundation of morality -- Moral autonomy and the autonomy of morality: toward a theory of normativity after Kant -- Ethics and morality -- The justification of justice: Rawls's political liberalism and Habermas's discourse theory in dialogue -- Political liberty: integrating five conceptions of autonomy -- A critical theory of multicultural toleration -- The rule of reasons: three models of deliberative democracy -- Social justice, justification, and power -- The basic right to justification: toward a constructivist conception of human rights -- Constructions of transnational justice: comparing John Rawls's the law of peoples and Otfried Höffe's democracy in an age of globalisation -- Justice, morality, and power in the global context -- Toward a critical theory of transnational justice.
9780231147088 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231519588 (ebook)
2011024507
Justice (Philosophy)
Constructivism (Philosophy)
Justification (Ethics)
B105.J87 / F6913 2012
172/.2
The right to justification : elements of a constructivist theory of justice / Rainer Forst ; translated by Jeffrey Flynn. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2012. - x, 351 p. ; 24 cm. - New directions in critical theory .
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: the foundation of justice -- Practical reason and justifying reasons: on the foundation of morality -- Moral autonomy and the autonomy of morality: toward a theory of normativity after Kant -- Ethics and morality -- The justification of justice: Rawls's political liberalism and Habermas's discourse theory in dialogue -- Political liberty: integrating five conceptions of autonomy -- A critical theory of multicultural toleration -- The rule of reasons: three models of deliberative democracy -- Social justice, justification, and power -- The basic right to justification: toward a constructivist conception of human rights -- Constructions of transnational justice: comparing John Rawls's the law of peoples and Otfried Höffe's democracy in an age of globalisation -- Justice, morality, and power in the global context -- Toward a critical theory of transnational justice.
9780231147088 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231519588 (ebook)
2011024507
Justice (Philosophy)
Constructivism (Philosophy)
Justification (Ethics)
B105.J87 / F6913 2012
172/.2