Freedom's right : the social foundations of democratic life


Alex Honneth ; translated by Joseph Ganahl
Bok Engelsk 2014 Axel Honneth,· Electronic books.
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Medvirkende
Utgitt
Cambridge : Polity , 2014
Omfang
X, 412 s.
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Introduction: A Theory of Justice as an Analysis of Society; Part I: Historical Background: The Right to Freedom; 1: Negative Freedom and the Social Contract; 2: Reflexive Freedom and its Conception of Justice; 3: Social Freedom and the Doctrine of Ethical Life; Transition: The Idea of Democratic Ethical Life; Part II: The Possibility of Freedom; 4: Legal Freedom; 4.1 The Reason for the Existence of Legal Freedom; 4.2 The Limitations of Legal Freedom; 4.3 Pathologies of Legal Freedom; 5: Moral Freedom. - 5.1 The Reason for the Existence of Moral Freedom5.2 Limitations of Moral Freedom; 5.3 Pathologies of Moral Freedom; Part III: The Reality of Freedom; 6: Social Freedom; 6.1 The 'We' of Personal Relationships; 6.1.1 Friendship; 6.1.2 Intimate Relationships; 6.1.3 Families; 6.2 The 'We' of the Market Economy; 6.2.1 The Market and Morality: A Necessary Preliminary Clarification; 6.2.2 The Sphere of Consumption; 6.2.3 The Labour Market; 6.3 The 'We' of Democratic Will-Formation; 6.3.1 The Democratic Public Sphere; 6.3.2 The Democratic Constitutional State. - 6.3.3 Political Culture - Prospects for the FutureNotes; Index. - The theory of justice is one of the most intensely debated areas of contemporary philosophy. Most theories of justice, however, have only attained their high level of justification at great cost. By focusing on purely normative, abstract principles, they become detached from the sphere that constitutes their "field of application" - namely, social reality.Axel Honneth proposes a different approach. He seeks to derive the currently definitive criteria of social justice directly from the normative claims that have developed within Western liberal democratic societies. These criteria
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Dewey
320.01 . - 123.5 . - 172.2 . - 193
ISBN
9780745669427. - 9780745669434

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