Practice, judgment, and the challenge of moral and political disagreement : a pragmatist account / Roberto Frega.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frega, Roberto, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consensus (Social sciences).

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book offers an account of moral and political disagreement, explaining its nature and showing how we should deal with it. It shows how a pragmatist account will help us dealing with the most challenging kinds of moral and political disagreement and overcoming the menaces of skepticism and relativism while not relying upon illusory and unworkable ideals of reason.

Contents:

PRACTICE, JUDGMENT, AND THE CHALLENGE OF MORAL AND POLITICAL DISAGREEMENT; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: The Sources of A Pragmatist Theory of Rationality; 1 Inquiry as the Logic of Practical Reasoning; 2 From Reasoning to Judgment; Part II: Pragmatist Rationality In Morality And Politics; 3 Expressive Inquiry; 4 The Public Sphere; Part III: Relativism, Objectivity, And Justification; 5 Pragmatism, Pluralism, and the Fact of Relativism; 6 A Pragmatic Theory of Objectivity; 7 Why Justification Matters?; 8 Pragmatism as an Epistemology of Practice; Bibliography

IndexAbout the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-28732-2

0-7391-7068-6

OCLC:

875098826