Description: Right to Justification : Elements of a Constructivist Theory of Justice, Paperback by Forst, Rainer; Flynn, Jeffrey (TRN), ISBN 0231147090, ISBN-13 9780231147095, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Contemporary philosophical pluralism recognizes the inevitability and legitimacy of multiple ethical perspectives and values, making it difficult to isolate the higher-order principles on which to base a theory of justice. Rising up to meet this challenge, Rainer Forst, a leading member of the Frankfurt Schools newest generation of philosophers, conceives of an "autonomous" construction of justice founded on what he calls the basic moral right to justification.
Forst begins by identifying this right from the perspective of moral philosophy. Then, through an innovative, detailed critical analysis, he ties together the central components of social and political justicefreedom, democracy, equality, and tolerationand joins them to the right to justification. The resulting theory treats "justificatory power" as the central question of justice, and by adopting this approach, Forst argues, we can discursively work out, or "construct," principles of justice, especially with respect to transnational justice and human rights issues.
As he builds his theory, Forst engages with the work of Anglo-American philosophers such as John Rawls, Ronald Dworkin, and Amartya Sen, and critical theorists such as Jrgen Habermas, Nancy Fraser, and Axel Honneth. Straddling multiple subjects, from politics and law to social protest and philosophical conceptions of practical reason, Forst brilliantly gathers contesting claims around a single, elastic theory of justice.
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Book Title: Right to Justification : Elements of a Constructivist Theory of J
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
Publication Name: Right to Justification : Elements of a Constructivist Theory of Justice
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Subject: Movements / Deconstruction, Christian Theology / General, History & Theory, General, History & Surveys / Modern, Political
Publication Year: 2014
Item Height: 0.9 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Subject Area: Law, Religion, Political Science, Philosophy
Item Length: 8.8 in
Author: Rainer Forst
Item Width: 6.7 in
Series: New Directions in Critical Theory Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
