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JUSTIFICATORY LIBERALISM
AN ESSAY ON EPISTEMOLOGY AND POLITICAL THEORY |
| By: |
Gerald F. Gaus, David Miller (Editor), Alan Ryan (Editor) |
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| ISBN 10: |
0195094409 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195094404 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
12 March, 1996 |
| Series: |
Oxford Political Theory |
| Pages: |
390 |
| Description: |
Justificatory Liberalism advances a theory of personal, public and political justification. Drawing on current work in epistemology and cognitive psychology, the book develops a theory of personally justified belief. Building on this account, it then advances an account of public justification that is more normative and less "populist" than that of "political liberals". Following the social contract theories of Hobbes, Locke, and Kant, Gaus argues thatcitizens have inconclusive public justification. The rule of law, liberal democracy and limited judicial review are defended as elements of a publicly justified umpiring procedure. |
| Synopsis: |
Justificatory Liberalism advances a theory of personal, public and political justification. Drawing on current work in epistemology and cognitive psychology, the book develops a theory of personally justified belief. Building on this account, it then advances an account of public justification that is more normative and less 'populist' than that of 'political liberals'. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
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