A Civil Tongue : : Justice, Dialogue, and the Politics of Pluralism / / Mark Kingwell.

This book is about a widely shared desire: the desire among citizens for a vibrant and effective social discourse of legitimation. It therefore begins with the conviction that what political philosophy can provide citizens is not further theories of the good life but instead directions for talking a...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
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Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©1995
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface and Acknowledgments --
Part One --
1. Interpretation, Dialogue, and the Just Citizen --
2. A First Look at Civility --
Part Two --
3. Constrained Liberal Dialogue --
4. Tradition and Translation --
5. Justice and Communicative Action --
Part Three --
6. Justice as Civility --
7. The Limits of Civility --
Bibliography --
Index
Summary:This book is about a widely shared desire: the desire among citizens for a vibrant and effective social discourse of legitimation. It therefore begins with the conviction that what political philosophy can provide citizens is not further theories of the good life but instead directions for talking about how to justify the choices they make-or, in brief, ";just talking.";As part of the general trend away from the aridity of Kantian universalism in political philosophy, thinkers as diverse as Bruce Ackerman, Jürgen Habermas, Alasdair MacIntyre, and Richard Rorty have taken a ";dialogic turn"; that seeks to understand the determination of principles of justice as a cooperative task, achieved in some kind of social dialogue among real citizens. In one way or another, however, each of these different variations on the dialogic model fail to provide fully satisfactory answers, Mark Kingwell shows. Drawing on their strengths, he presents another model he calls ";justice as civility,"; which makes original use of the popular literature on etiquette and work in sociolinguistics to develop a more adequate theory of dialogic justice.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780271071633
9783110745269
DOI:10.1515/9780271071633?locatt=mode:legacy
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Mark Kingwell.