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Private Consciences and Public Reasons (Paperback)
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Private Consciences and Public Reasons (Paperback)
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Within democratic societies, a deep division exists over the nature
of community and the grounds for political life. Should the
political order be neutral between competing conceptions of the
good life or should it be based on some such conception? This book
addresses one crucial set of problems raised by this division: What
bases should officials and citizens employ in reaching political
decisions and justifying their positions? Should they feel free to
rely on whatever grounds seem otherwise persuasive to them, like
religious convictions, or should they restrict themselves to
"public reasons," reasons that are shared within the society or
arise from the premises of liberal democracy? Kent Greenawalt
argues that fundamental premises of liberal democracy alone do not
provides answers to these questions, that much depends on
historical and cultural contexts. After examining past and current
practices and attitudes in the United States, he offers concrete
suggestions for appropriate principles relevant to American society
today. This incisive and timely analysis by one of our leading
legal philosophers should attract a wide and diverse readership of
scholars, practitioners, and concerned citizens.
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