Democratic Procedures and Liberal Consensus

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-19-927020-0
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 436 g

Liberal theory seeks agreement on political principles in spite of the moral, religious, and philosophical diversity of contemporary societies. Democratic Procedures and Liberal Consensus breaks new ground in developing principles from research on liberal citizen's attitudes towards rights and liberties, distributive justice, and religious beliefs. Because liberal citizens do not generally accept strong individual rights or strongly egalitarian principles
of distributive justice, the principles of liberal consensus must be based on almost universal support for democratic political systems and democracy as a value. The details of central liberal principles, including those bearing on democracy itself, must be worked out by appropriate democratic
procedures.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Klosko, George

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Liberalismus, Libertarismus

Über Autor(innen)

(Professor in the Department of Government and Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, USA)