1st Edition

Social Contract Theory for a Diverse World Beyond Tolerance

By Ryan Muldoon Copyright 2016
142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

Very diverse societies pose real problems for Rawlsian models of public reason. This is for two reasons: first, public reason is unable accommodate diverse perspectives in determining a regulative ideal.  Second, regulative ideals are unable to respond to social change.  While models based on public reason focus on the justification of principles, this book suggests that we need to orient our... Read more

    Chapter 1. Taking Diversity Seriously

    Chapter 2. Expandng the Justificatory Framework of Mill’s Experiments in Living

    Chapter 3. The View From Everywhere

    Chapter 4. Justice Without Agreement

    Chapter 5. Experiments in Distributive Justice

    Chapter 6. Dynamic Political Philosophy

    Biography

    Ryan Muldoon is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the University at Buffalo - SUNY.