Rawls and Habermas : reason, pluralism, and the claims of political philosophy / Todd Hedrick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hedrick, Todd, 1978-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rawls, John, 1921-2002.

Rawls, John.

Habermas, Jürgen.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A critical evaluation of Rawlsian and Habermasian paradigms of political philosophy that offers an interpretation and defense of Habermas's theory of law and democracy as a superior alternative to Rawls's political liberalism.

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Freestanding Political Philosophy and the Descriptivist Critique of Rawls; 2. The Rawlsian Apparatus of Justification; 3. Rawls between Metaphysics and Proceduralism; 4. Procedure and Substance, Construction and Reconstruction; 5. Discourse Theory and the Constitutional Democratic State; 6. Proceduralism and Functionalism in Habermas's Theory of Law and Democracy; 7. Rawls and the Critique of Constitutional Contractarianism; 8. Habermasian Constitutional Theory; 9. Conclusion: Idealizations and Power; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 15. Sep 2020)

ISBN:

9780804774758

0804774757

OCLC:

646068284