"'Our minds are changed when our hearts are engaged, ' With these
words, "Civil Passions" takes a giant step forward in understanding
the affective dimensions of political deliberation. Krause's
challenge to the reason-based theories of Kant, Rawls, and
Habermas, among others, will be debated--perhaps fiercely--by the
next generation. She lays bare the fault lines of the issue and
makes a compelling argument for basing moral motivation in affect.
She also suggests how we might base moral norms themselves in
reflective sentiments, or impartial feelings about feelings. The
book is thoughtful and inspired, powered by acute powers of
analysis and a lively sensibility."--Jane Mansbridge, Harvard
University
"In recent years scholars have increasingly argued that affect
plays a greater role in our practical reasoning than is
traditionally admitted. Krause agrees, but she also knows that this
insight is really only the announcement of the need for a major
undertaking: understanding exactly how passions necessarily inform
our reason and how 'civil passions' and 'affective impartiality'
ought to guide our judgment, deliberation, and decision making in
moral and political life. Her book takes up this task with real
imagination, careful argumentation, and original insight."--Stephen
K. White, University of Virginia
""Civil Passions" is an ambitious attempt to restore Hume's
account of moral sentiment as an alternative to the Kantian
perspective that dominates contemporary political theory, and to
flesh out the significance of the Humean approach for contemporary
liberal democracy. This is an important book."--William A. Galston,
Brookings Institution
"This superb book is beautifullywritten; contains an elegant and
finely honed argument; and makes a highly original contribution to
contemporary deliberative democratic theory, contemporary theories
of emotions in politics, and the philosophical literature on David
Hume. Krause puts forward a clearer and more convincing account of
the role played by sentiments and concerns in the processes of
democratic deliberation and norm justification than any other
contemporary theorist of affect."--Christina Tarnopolsky, McGill
University
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