Justice, Democracy and the Right to Justification Rainer Forst in Dialogue

by Forst, Rainer

• ISBN13: 9781780939995
• ISBN10: 178093999X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-08-14
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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
Justice, Democracy and the Right to Justification, Rainer Forst, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
Part Two: Responses
Response by Simon Caney, University of Oxford, UK
Response by Andrea Sangiovanni, King's College London, UK
Response by Anthony Laden, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
Response by Amy Allen, Dartmouth College, USA
Response by Melissa Williams, University of Toronto, Canada
Response by Eva Erman, Uppsala University, Sweden
Response by James Tully, University of Victoria, Canada
Part Three: Reply, Rainer Forst, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
Bibliography
Index