The common good of constitutional democracy : essays in political philosophy and on Catholic social teaching / / edited with an introduction by William F. Murphy Jr

• Autore: Rhonheimer Martin <1950->
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (577 p.)
• Disciplina: 261.7
• Soggetto topico: Political science - Philosophy; Christian sociology - Catholic Church; Christianity and politics; Christianity and politics - Catholic Church; Democracy - Religious aspects - Catholic Church; Democracy - Religious aspects - Christianity; Economics - Religious aspects - Catholic Church; Economics - Religious aspects - Christianity
• Altri autori: MurphyWilliam F., Jr.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 501-522) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Why is political philosophy necessary, historical considerations and a response -- Liberal image of man and the concept of autonomy: beyond the debate between liberals and communitarians -- Democratic constitutional state and the common good -- Auctoritas Non Veritas Facit Legem: Thomas Hobbes, Carl Schmitt, and the idea of the constitutional state -- Open society and the new laicism: against the soft totalitarianism of certain secularist thinking -- Political and economic realities of the modern world and their ethical and cultural presuppositions: the Encyclical Centesimus Annus -- Political ethos of constitutional democracy and the place of natural law in public reason: Rawls's political liberalism revisited -- Rawlsian public reason, natural law, and the foundation of justice: a response to David Crawford -- Can political ethics be universalized? human rights as a global project -- Christian secularity and the culture of human rights -- Multicultural citizenship in liberal democracy: the proposals of C. Taylor, J. Habermas, And W. Kymlicka -- Christianity and secularity: past and present of a complex relationship -- Benedict XVI's hermeneutic of reform and religious freedom -- Capitalism, free market economy, and the common good: the role of the state in the economy.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Common Good of Constitutional Democracy offers a rich collection of essays in political philosophy by Swiss philosopher Martin Rhonheimer.Like his other books in both ethical theory and applied ethics, which have recently been published in English, the essays included are distinguished by the philosophical rigor and meticulous attention to.
• Titolo autorizzato: The common good of constitutional democracy
• ISBN: 9780813220109; 0813220106
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910958509503321
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