Synopses & Reviews
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.
Synopsis
This book discusses a fundamental research program developed by Rainder Frost. The core of this is a moral account of the basic right of justification that human beings owe to one another. This account is put to work by Forst in articulating accounts of the contexts and form of justice and of toleration.
About the Author
Rainer Forst is Professor of Political Theory and Philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany and the Chairman of the Excellenzkluster 'The Formation of Normative Orders'.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part One: Lead Essay
1. Justice, Democracy and the Right to Justification: Two Pictures of Justice
Rainer ForstPart Two: Responses
2. Scottish Constructivism and the Right to Justification
Andrea Sangiovanni
3. The Power of Justification
Amy Allen4. Complexities of Political Discourse
Kevin Olson
5. The Practice of Equality
Anthony Simon Laden
6. The Boundary Problem and the Right to Justification
Eva Erman7. Justice and the Basic Right to Justification
Simon CaneyPart Three: Response by
Rainer ForstBibliography
Index
Index