Justificatory Liberalism - An Essay on Epistemology and Political Theory (Paperback)

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 that citizens have inconclusive public justification. The rule of law, liberal democracy and limited judicial review are defended as elements of a publicly justified umpiring procedure.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Oxford Political Theory
Release date:	June 2001
First published:	March 1996
Authors:	Gerald F. Gaus (Professor of Political Science and Philosophy)
Dimensions:	234 x 154 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	390
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-509440-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies
LSN:	0-19-509440-9
Barcode:	9780195094404

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