Rainer Forst

The Right to Justification

Elements of a Constructivist Theory of Justice
Übersetzung: Flynn, Jeffrey

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Contemporary philosophical pluralism recognizes the inevitability and legitimacy of multiple ethical perspectives and values, making it difficult to isolate the higher-order principles on which to base a theory of justice. Rising up to meet this challenge, Rainer Forst, a leading member of the Frankfurt Schools newest generation of philosophers, conceives of an autonomous construction of justice founded on what he calls the basic moral right to justification.

Produktdetails

• New Directions in Critical Theory
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9780231147095
• ISBN-10: 0231147090
• Artikelnr.: 41150629

Autorenporträt

Rainer Forst is professor of political theory and philosophy at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and director of the research cluster on the Formation of Normative Orders. He is the author of Contexts of Justice: Political Philosophy Beyond Liberalism and Communitarianism; Toleration in Conflict: Past and Present; Justification and Critique: Towards a Critical Theory of Politics, and coauthor, with Wendy Brown, of The Power of Tolerance: A Debate. In 2012 he received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, the highest honor awarded to German researchers. Jeffrey Flynn is assistant professor of philosophy at Fordham University.

Rezensionen

"Forsts Right to Justification is a tour de force that exhibits both a compelling, unified vision and a wide range of concrete insights. It ought to be read by all those with an interest in moral or political philosophy or in global justice." - Henry S. Richardson, Ethics and International Affairs