Coping in politics with indeterminate norms : a theory of enlightened localism / / Benjamin Gregg

• Autore: Gregg Benjamin Greenwood <1954->
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.3/72
• Soggetto topico: Social justice; Social norms; Social policy - Moral and ethical aspects; Justice, Administration of - Political aspects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-196) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Coping in politics with indeterminate norms
• ISBN: 0-7914-8659-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817429803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY Series in Radical Social and Political Theory