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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458628803321

Autore

D'Agostino Fred

Titolo

Free public reason [[electronic resource] ] : making it up as we go / / Fred D'Agostino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996

ISBN

1-280-52810-9

0-19-535700-0

1-4294-0665-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Disciplina

32001

Soggetti

Political science - Philosophy

Justification (Theory of knowledge)

Reason

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-191) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Introduction; 1. PreĢcis; 2. Retrospective; 3. Prospective; 2. Some Apparatus; 3. The Idea of Public Justification; 4. Some Conceptions of Public Justification; 5. The Ideal of Public Justification; 6. Prima Facie Incoherence; 7. Overarching Principles and Perspectives?; 8. Responses to and Diagnosis of Prima Facie Incoherence; 9. 'Solving' the Problem; 10. Assessing the Solution; 11. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This study examines the idea of public justification, stressing its importance but also questioning the coherence of the concept itself. D'Agostino shows that the concept is composed of various values, interests and notions regarding the common good.