The Right to Justification
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The Right to Justification is a seminal work in political philosophy that develops a theory of justice grounded in individuals’ fundamental claim to receive and give reasons for the norms that govern them.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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work of political philosophy ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
philosophy
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political theory ⓘ |
| addresses |
democracy
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human rights ⓘ justice ⓘ political authority ⓘ toleration ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst |
perfectionist theories of justice
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purely consequentialist accounts of justice ⓘ |
| author | Rainer Forst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralClaim | individuals have a fundamental claim to receive and give reasons for the norms that govern them ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
basic right to justification
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constructivism in moral and political philosophy ⓘ reciprocity and generality ⓘ |
| claims |
that domination occurs when persons are denied adequate justification for norms
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that justification must be reciprocal and general ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
moral philosophy
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political philosophy ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | The Right to Justification: Elements of a Constructivist Theory of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Immanuel Kant
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John Rawls NERFINISHED ⓘ Jürgen Habermas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
English
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German ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
normative justification
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political legitimacy ⓘ right to justification ⓘ theory of justice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| normativeFoundation | the equal moral standing of persons ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
critical theory
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political liberalism ⓘ |
| proposes | that all norms must be justifiable to all those subject to them ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
deliberative democracy
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moral autonomy ⓘ public reason ⓘ |
| supports |
a dialogical model of justification
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a rights-based conception of justice ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
constructivist theory of justification
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discourse theory of justice ⓘ |
| usedIn |
debates on human rights foundations
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debates on legitimacy of political institutions ⓘ debates on multiculturalism and toleration ⓘ |
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