1st Edition
Political Reason and Interest A Philosophical Legitimation of the Political Order in a Pluralistic Society
By Herman H.H. van Erp
Copyright 2000
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title was first published in 2000: Politics cannot be conceived of as just a subsystem of society, or as a network of particular interests. The concept of interests and their role within the normative political debate is given a new interpretation by this book, which examines how political interest, market mechanisms and rational choice theories exist in the light of democratic freedom... Read more
Contents: State and society; The idea of the common interest; An analysis of the concept interest; A society founded on individual interests; Conflicts of interest and procedural justice; Individual freedom and distributive justice; Political justice and the constitution of the state; Conclusion; Index.
Biography
Herman H.H. van Erp
