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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814301803321

Autore

Frega Roberto

Titolo

Practice, judgment, and the challenge of moral and political disagreement : a pragmatist account / / Roberto Frega

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

0-7391-7068-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

320.01

Soggetti

Consensus (Social sciences)

Political science - Philosophy

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

PRACTICE, JUDGMENT, AND THE CHALLENGE OF MORAL AND POLITICAL DISAGREEMENT; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: The Sources of A Pragmatist Theory of Rationality; 1 Inquiry as the Logic of Practical Reasoning; 2 From Reasoning to Judgment; Part II: Pragmatist Rationality In Morality And Politics; 3 Expressive Inquiry; 4 The Public Sphere; Part III: Relativism, Objectivity, And Justification; 5 Pragmatism, Pluralism, and the Fact of Relativism; 6 A Pragmatic Theory of Objectivity; 7 Why Justification Matters?; 8 Pragmatism as an Epistemology of Practice; Bibliography

IndexAbout the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The book offers an account of moral and political disagreement, explaining its nature and showing how we should deal with it. It shows how a pragmatist account will help us dealing with the most challenging kinds of moral and political disagreement and overcoming the menaces of skepticism and relativism while not relying upon illusory and unworkable ideals of reason.