Justice, Democracy and the Right to Justification: Rainer Forst in Dialogue (Critical Powers) - Softcover

Forst, Rainer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178093999X ISBN 13: 9781780939995

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2014

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Rainer Forst is Professor of Political Theory and Philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany and the Chairman of the Excellenzkluster 'The Formation of Normative Orders'.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 178093999X
• ISBN 13: 9781780939995
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248