Opis: The Tyranny of the Ideal - Gerald Gaus

In his provocative new book, The Tyranny of the Ideal, Gerald Gaus lays out a vision for how we should theorize about justice in a diverse society. Gaus shows how free and equal people, faced with intractable struggles and irreconcilable conflicts, might share a common moral life shaped by a just framework. He argues that if we are to take diversity seriously and if moral inquiry is sincere about shaping the world, then the pursuit of idealized and perfect theories of justice--essentially, the entire production of theories of justice that has dominated political philosophy for the past forty years--needs to change. Drawing on recent work in social science and philosophy, Gaus points to an important paradox: only those in a heterogeneous society--with its various religious, moral, and political perspectives--have a reasonable hope of understanding what an ideally just society would be like. However, due to its very nature, this world could never be collectively devoted to any single ideal. Gaus defends the moral constitution of this pluralistic, open society, where the very clash and disagreement of ideals spurs all to better understand what their personal ideals of justice happen to be. Presenting an original framework for how we should think about morality, The Tyranny of the Ideal rigorously analyzes a theory of ideal justice more suitable for contemporary times.Preface xv Chapter I The Allure of the Ideal: Orienting the Quest for Justice 1 Chapter II The Elusive Ideal: Searching under a Single Perspective 42 Chapter III The Fractured Ideal: Searching with Diverse Perspectives 105 Chapter IV The Nonideal: The Open Society 150 Chapter V Advancing from the Citadel 241 Appendixes 251 Works Cited 265 Index 279

Szczegóły: The Tyranny of the Ideal - Gerald Gaus

Tytuł: The Tyranny of the Ideal
Autor: Gerald Gaus
Wydawnictwo: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691158808
Rok wydania: 2016
Ilość stron: 328
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 0.66 kg

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