From Public Reason to Deliberative Democracy
Abstract
In this paper I shall investigate the relationship between public reason and deliberative democracy, mainly as it is presented in Rawls's later political theory. Against the critics who claim that Rawls has no deliberative democratic theory, I shall argue that he presented a complex view of public deliberation that contains a set of formal and substantive requirements derived from the idea of public reason. My main aim in this paper is to defend and further elaborate the thesis that Rawls's later political theory is crucially important for deliberative democracy. Furthermore, in light of the recent literature on deliberative democracy, I examine the relevance of Rawls's view for addressing some current problems, but also look at some limits of the public reason perspective.
Keywords:
reasonableness / public reason / majority rule / deliberative democracy / consensusSource:
Filozofija i društvo, 2016, 27, 1, 237-256Publisher:
- Univerzitet u Beogradu - Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, Beograd
Funding / projects:
- Studying climate change and its influence on environment: impacts, adaptation and mitigation (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-43007)
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Filozofija / PhilosophyTY - JOUR AU - Mladenović, Ivan PY - 2016 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2209 AB - In this paper I shall investigate the relationship between public reason and deliberative democracy, mainly as it is presented in Rawls's later political theory. Against the critics who claim that Rawls has no deliberative democratic theory, I shall argue that he presented a complex view of public deliberation that contains a set of formal and substantive requirements derived from the idea of public reason. My main aim in this paper is to defend and further elaborate the thesis that Rawls's later political theory is crucially important for deliberative democracy. Furthermore, in light of the recent literature on deliberative democracy, I examine the relevance of Rawls's view for addressing some current problems, but also look at some limits of the public reason perspective. PB - Univerzitet u Beogradu - Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, Beograd T2 - Filozofija i društvo T1 - From Public Reason to Deliberative Democracy EP - 256 IS - 1 SP - 237 VL - 27 DO - 10.2298/FID1601237M ER -
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Mladenović, I.. (2016). From Public Reason to Deliberative Democracy. in Filozofija i društvo Univerzitet u Beogradu - Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, Beograd., 27(1), 237-256. https://doi.org/10.2298/FID1601237M
Mladenović I. From Public Reason to Deliberative Democracy. in Filozofija i društvo. 2016;27(1):237-256. doi:10.2298/FID1601237M .
Mladenović, Ivan, "From Public Reason to Deliberative Democracy" in Filozofija i društvo, 27, no. 1 (2016):237-256, https://doi.org/10.2298/FID1601237M . .