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Public Equality, Public Reason and Liberal Community
Public Equality, Public Reason and Liberal Community

Author(s): Nebojša Zelić
Subject(s): Political Philosophy, Governance, History and theory of political science
Published by: Hrvatsko politološko društvo
Keywords: democracy; public reason; public equality; Thomas Christiano;

Summary/Abstract: In his The Constitution of Equality: Democratic Authority and its Limits Christiano defends an idea that democracy has authority because it realizes public equality. According to Christiano, for realization of public equality there is no need for any restriction on the content of reasons we offer each other to justify laws and policies. In this paper I try to show that there are good reasons to think that boundaries of public reason can more deeply realize public equality in plural society and I also try to defend this view from some criticisms given by Christiano in his book.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 45-62
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English