Justice, democracy and the right to justification : : Rainer Forst in dialogue / / Rainer Forst.

• VerfasserIn: Forst, Rainer, 1964-
• Place / Publishing House: London ;, New York : : Bloomsbury Academic,, 2014.
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Critical Powers
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (249 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

"Over the past 15 years, Rainer Forst has developed a fundamental research programme within the tradition of Frankfurt School Critical Theory. The core of this programme is a moral account of the basic right of justification that humans owe to one another as rational beings. This account is put to work by Forst in articulating - both historically and philosophically - the contexts and form of justice and of toleration. The result is a powerful theoretical framework within which to address issues such as transnational justice and multicultural toleration. In this volume, Forst sets out his ideas in an extended essay, which is responded to be influential interlocutors including: Andrea Sangiovanni, Amy Allen, Kevin Olson, Anthony Laden, Eva Erman and Simon Caney. The volume concludes with Forst's response to his interlocutors."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Part One: Lead Essay. 1. Justice, Democracy and the Right to Justification: Two Pictures of Justice Rainer Forst -- Part Two: Responses. 2. Scottish Constructivism and the Right to Justification / Andrea Sangiovanni ; 3. The Power of Justification / Amy Allen ; 4. Complexities of Political Discourse / Kevin Olson ; 5. The Practice of Equality Anthony / Simon Laden ; 6. The Boundary Problem and the Right to Justification / Eva Erman ; 7. Justice and the Basic Right to Justification / Simon Caney -- Part Three: Reply. Chapter 8. Justifying Justification: Reply to My Critics / Rainer Forst -- Bibliography -- Index.