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Critique of Forms of Life (Hardcover)
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For many liberals, the question "Do others live rightly?" feels
inappropriate. Liberalism seems to demand a follow-up question:
"Who am I to judge?" Peaceful coexistence, in this view, is
predicated on restraint from morally evaluating our peers. But
Rahel Jaeggi sees the situation differently. Criticizing is not
only valid but also useful, she argues. Moral judgment is no error;
the error lies in how we go about judging. One way to judge is
external, based on universal standards derived from ideas about God
or human nature. The other is internal, relying on standards
peculiar to a given society. Both approaches have serious flaws and
detractors. In Critique of Forms of Life, Jaeggi offers a third
way, which she calls "immanent" critique. Inspired by Hegelian
social philosophy and engaged with Anglo-American theorists such as
John Dewey, Michael Walzer, and Alasdair MacIntyre, immanent
critique begins with the recognition that ways of life are
inherently normative because they assert their own goodness and
rightness. They also have a consistent purpose: to solve basic
social problems and advance social goods, most of which are common
across cultures. Jaeggi argues that we can judge the validity of a
society's moral claims by evaluating how well the society adapts to
crisis-whether it is able to overcome contradictions that arise
from within and continue to fulfill its purpose. Jaeggi enlivens
her ideas through concrete, contemporary examples. Against both
relativistic and absolutist accounts, she shows that rational
social critique is possible.
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