Contexts of Justice
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Contexts of Justice is a major philosophical work by Rainer Forst that develops a comprehensive theory of justice grounded in the idea of justification and the plurality of social contexts in which justice claims arise.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Contexts of Justice canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| addresses |
democracy
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distributive justice ⓘ human rights ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ recognition ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| argues |
claims of justice must be justifiable to all affected
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justice is context-dependent yet normatively constrained ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst |
purely distributive conceptions of justice
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purely procedural conceptions of justice ⓘ |
| author | Rainer Forst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralIdea | right to justification ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
contemporary debates on justice
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critical theory ⓘ deliberative democracy theory ⓘ |
| criticizes |
absolutist accounts of justice
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relativist accounts of justice ⓘ |
| develops |
constructivist account of justice
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discursive theory of justification ⓘ |
| examines |
communitarian theories of justice
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discourse ethics ⓘ liberal theories of justice ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
normative justification of principles of justice
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plurality of social contexts ⓘ practical justification of principles of justice ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
basic right to justification
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contextual universalism ⓘ general and reciprocal reasons ⓘ reciprocity of justification ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Immanuel Kant
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John Rawls NERFINISHED ⓘ Jürgen Habermas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainConcept |
contexts of justice
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justification ⓘ |
| mainTheme | theory of justice ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of context-sensitivity with universal norms
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systematic account of justification-based justice ⓘ |
| proposes |
normative standards for social institutions
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procedural criteria for justifications ⓘ |
| usedIn |
academic teaching of ethics
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academic teaching of political philosophy ⓘ research on justice and justification ⓘ |
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