Public Reason and Political Autonomy: Realizing the Ideal of a Civic People

ISBN-13: 9781138737495 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 184 str.

Blain Neufeld

Opis

This book advances a novel justification for the idea of "public reason": citizens within diverse societies can realize the ideal of shared political autonomy, despite their adherence to different religious and philosophical views, by deciding fundamental political questions with "public reasons."

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Political Liberalism and Public Reason: The Main Elements  2. The Idea of a Civic People: Shared Political Autonomy and Public Reason  3. Public Reason and Ideal Theory: Acceptability, Compliance, and the Pursuit of Justice  4. Political Liberalism and Families: The Basic Structure, Gender Equality, and Children  5. Citizenship Education and Public Reason: Political Autonomy and Non-Domination  Conclusion

O autorze

Blain Neufeld is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, where he served as Chair from 2018 to 2021.