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Public Reason in the Universe of Reasons

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015
In this article, I examine the ways in which “Public Reason” (or public reasons, in plural) can be said to resonate with some types of reasons as presented and defended in contemporary legal theory. I begin by identifying the concept of Public Reason within the context of a discussion sparked by the between “internal” and “external” reasons, which was ...
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Reasons for Reason-giving in a Public-Opinion Survey

Argumentation, 2002
Department of English ...
Cheng, Martha S., Johnstone, Barbara
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Public Reason and Precluded Reasons

2020
Philosophy
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On 'Public Reason'

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2006
'Public reason' in Rawls's stipulated usage signifies propositions that can legitimately be used in deliberating on and deciding fundamental issues of political life and legislation because they are propositions which all citizens may reasonably be expected to endorse: their use is therefore fair (respects the moral principle of reciprocity) and ...
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Public reason

Abstract This chapter marks the beginning of a less abstract and more practical part of the book. The chapter explains the scope of republican freedom by exploring Pettit’s idea of common interests as the interests citizens can avow in public because they are compatible with treating everyone as a free and equal member of society ...
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Public Authority and Public Reasoning

Abstract This chapter looks at the perception of conflict between science and religion in the areas of social and ethical contention. Issues like abortion, euthanasia, genetic engineering, and stem cell research have long had a perceived ‘science and religion’ dimension to them, and current data show opinions on them correlating with ...
Nick Spencer, Hannah Waite
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Public Reason in Circumstances of Pluralism

2018
Recently, several theorists have argued that John Rawls’s political liberalism, with its notion of public reason, is based on presuppositions so idealistic and moralistic, that it cannot provide a relevant standard of argumentation in real political circumstances, where disagreements concerning matters of justice may run deep.
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Public reason ? Making law reasonable to the public

International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, 1996
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Public Reason

The Philosophers' Magazine, 2010
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The Publics of Public Reason

Sartoniana, 2012
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