a theory of justice
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Author_Rainer Forst
autonomy
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citizenship
civil society
communitarianism
community
consensus
constructivism
contextualism
democracy
discursive democracy
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ethical person
identity
individual rights
justice
justification
law
legal person
liberalism
multiculturalism
nonfiction
philosophy
political correctness
political justice
politics
practical reason
recognition
self
social and political philosophy
social justice
the good
unencumbered self
universalism
Product details
- ISBN 9780520232259
- Weight: 499g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 27 Feb 2002
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Contexts of Justice, highly acclaimed when it was published in Germany, provides a significant new intervention into the important debate between communitarianism and liberalism. Rainer Forst argues for a theory of "contexts of justice" that leads beyond the narrow confines of this debate as it has been understood until now and posits the possibility of a new conception of social and political justice. This book brings refreshing clarity to a complex topic as it provides a synthesis of traditions and theories that leads to a truly original approach. Forst makes a four-part distinction to decipher the debate between communitarianism and liberalism. These four parts concern the constitution of the self, the neutrality of law, the ethos of democracy, and the opposition between universalism and contextualism. He shows that a comprehensive theory of justice needs to take these different contexts adequately into account. He discusses recent debates about discursive democracy and feminist critiques of liberalism, and addresses such topics as multiculturalism and civil society.
Rainer Forst is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Philosophy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt.
