03887nam 2200685Ia 450 991081742980332120200520144314.00-7914-8659-110.1515/9780791486597(CKB)2670000000241297(EBL)3408381(SSID)ssj0000778206(PQKBManifestationID)12345102(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000778206(PQKBWorkID)10763274(PQKB)11206112(Au-PeEL)EBL3408381(CaPaEBR)ebr10594708(OCoLC)923416096(DE-B1597)684140(DE-B1597)9780791486597(MiAaPQ)EBC3408381(EXLCZ)99267000000024129720021231d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCoping in politics with indeterminate norms a theory of enlightened localism /Benjamin Gregg1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20031 online resource (221 p.)SUNY series in political theory. Contemporary issuesSUNY series in radical social and political theoryDescription based upon print version of record.0-7914-5782-6 0-7914-5781-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-196) and index.""Coping in Politics with Indeterminate Norms""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: The Problem: Indeterminate Norms""; ""1. Indeterminacy in Social and Political Norms""; ""Part II: The Solution: Basic Components""; ""2. Coping with Indeterminacy through Proceduralism""; ""3. Coping with Indeterminacy through Pragmatism""; ""Part III: The Solution: Localism Without Parochialism""; ""4. Enlightened Localism in Social Critique""; ""5. Enlightened Localism in Public Policy""; ""6. Enlightened Localism in Law and Morality""""Coda. Social Cooperation in the Absence of Political Unity""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""Are social equity, political fairness, and legal justice possible within a liberal political order, even if norms are indeterminate? The modern world is distinguished by both its complexity and the absence of a single theory, principle, or tradition with the authority to constrain us. Coping in Politics with Indeterminate Norms demonstrates that while moral validity is relative rather than absolute, and cultural meanings local rather than universal, social integration and democratic politics are still attainable goals. Benjamin Gregg fashions a theory that combines proceduralism with pragmatism—an "enlightened localism"—that adjudicates among competing normative commitments and interpretations using local criteria in the absence of universal standards. The theory is applied to three empirical domains: social criticism, public policy, and law and morality.SUNY Series in Radical Social and Political TheorySocial justiceSocial normsSocial policyMoral and ethical aspectsJustice, Administration ofPolitical aspectsSocial justice.Social norms.Social policyMoral and ethical aspects.Justice, Administration ofPolitical aspects.303.3/72Gregg Benjamin Greenwood1954-1613627MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817429803321Coping in politics with indeterminate norms4055541UNINA