Public Reason and Religion: The Theo-Ethical Equilibrium Argument for Restraint
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DOI: 10.1007/s10982-017-9303-7
Abstract: Most public reason theorists believe that citizens are under a ‘duty of restraint’. Citizens must refrain from supporting laws for which they have only non-public reasons, such as religious reasons. The theo-ethical equilibrium argument purports… read more here.
Keywords: theo ethical; public reason; ethical equilibrium; equilibrium argument ... See more keywords
Public Reason as Highest Law
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DOI: 10.1007/s10982-017-9308-2
Abstract: This essay addresses Rawls’ claim in Political Liberalism that the U.S. Supreme Court would have power to overturn an amendment repealing the First Amendment. I argue that the argument succeeds if one conceives of public… read more here.
Keywords: theory; reason highest; public reason; reason ... See more keywords
Rescuing Public Reason Liberalism’s Accessibility Requirement
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DOI: 10.1007/s10982-019-09360-8
Abstract: Public reason liberalism is defined by the idea that laws and policies should be justifiable to each person who is subject to them. But what does it mean for reasons to be public or, in… read more here.
Keywords: public reason; reason liberalism; accessibility; rescuing public ... See more keywords
Autonomous Driving and Public Reason: a Rawlsian Approach
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DOI: 10.1007/s13347-021-00468-1
Abstract: In this paper, we argue that solutions to normative challenges associated with autonomous driving, such as real-world trolley cases or distributions of risk in mundane driving situations, face the problem of reasonable pluralism: Reasonable pluralism… read more here.
Keywords: driving public; public reason; normative challenges; autonomous driving ... See more keywords
Public reason, non-public reasons, and the accessibility requirement
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DOI: 10.1080/00455091.2019.1584935
Abstract: ABSTRACT In Liberalism without Perfection, Jonathan Quong develops what is perhaps the most comprehensive defense of the consensus model of public reason – a model which incorporates both a public-reasons-only requirement and an accessibility requirement… read more here.
Keywords: public reason; accessibility requirement; public reasons; reason ... See more keywords
Civic equality as a democratic basis for public reason
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DOI: 10.1080/13698230.2021.1905468
Abstract: Many democratic theorists hold that when a decision is collectively made in the right kind of way, in accordance with the right procedure, it is permissible to enforce it. They deny that there are ... read more here.
Keywords: basis public; equality democratic; philosophy; civic equality ... See more keywords
Public Reason, Partisanship and the Containment of the Populist Radical Right
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DOI: 10.1177/00323217211005917
Abstract: This article discusses the growth of the populist radical right as a concrete example of the scenario where liberal democratic ideas are losing support in broadly liberal democratic societies. Our ... read more here.
Keywords: reason partisanship; public reason; containment populist; radical right ... See more keywords
Public Reason Confucianism: Democratic Perfectionism and Constitutionalism in East Asia by Sungmoon Kim (review)
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DOI: 10.1353/pew.2019.0015
Abstract: Sungmoon Kim’s Public Reason Confucianism: Democratic Perfectionism and Constitutionalism in East Asia offers new perspectives and an innovative alternative to one of the most important philosophical and political discussions concerning East Asia today. As in… read more here.
Keywords: public reason; east asia; reason confucianism; perfectionism ... See more keywords