Public Equality, Public Reason and Liberal Community

Public Equality, Public Reason and Liberal Community

In his The Constitution of Equality: Democratic Authority and its Limits Christiano defends an idea that democracy has authority because it realizes public equality. According to Christiano, for realization of public equality there is no need for any restriction on the content of reasons we offer ea...

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Published in:Anali Hrvatskog politološkog društva no. 12; pp. 45 - 62
Main Author: Zelić, Nebojša
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Hrvatsko politološko društvo 2015
Croatian Political Science Association
Subjects:
Governance
History and theory of political science
Political Philosophy
public reason
Thomas Christiano
democracy
public equality
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Summary:In his The Constitution of Equality: Democratic Authority and its Limits Christiano defends an idea that democracy has authority because it realizes public equality. According to Christiano, for realization of public equality there is no need for any restriction on the content of reasons we offer each other to justify laws and policies. In this paper I try to show that there are good reasons to think that boundaries of public reason can more deeply realize public equality in plural society and I also try to defend this view from some criticisms given by Christiano in his book.
ISSN:1845-6707