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Political legitimization without morality?

(hbk.)

(hbk.)

1402085753

1402085761

6611674799

9781402085758

9781402085765

9786611674793

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Political legitimization without morality?

[Book]

Jörg Kühnelt, editor

London] :

Springer,

c2008

1 online resource (viii, 208 p.)

Includes bibliographical references

Cover -- Copyright -- Preface -- TOC$Contents -- Part I: How Necessary is Morality to Legitimize a State? -- CH$State Legitimacy and the Role of Morality -- CH$State Legitimacy and Social Order -- CH$The Claims of States and the Claims of Morality -- CH$Legitimacy and Justice -- CH$Political Legitimacy and Its Need for Public Justification -- CH$Consent, Obligation, and Legitimacy -- Part II: Which Role can Rationality Play for State Legitimacy? -- CH$On the Rationality and Stability of a Minimal Consensus -- CH$A Commentary on Zintl -- CH$Rational Egoism, Morality and Human Rights -- CH$A Commentary on Kaufmann -- CH$Political Contractarianism and Equally Distributed Basic Rights -- Part III: How to Ensure the Stability of a Legitimate State? -- CH$Value-Mistaken and Virtue-Mistaken Norms -- CH$A Commentary on Pettit -- CH$Political Norms, Markets and Social Capital -- CH$Do Multinationals Create Social Capital Just Like That? -- CH$Cultural Diversity and Liberalism -- CH$Redistributing Liberty -- CH$The Authors of the Volume

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Within their territories, states claim to be the only authority to determine the law and to use coercive power to punish those who act illegally. Both claims are considered to be acceptable, provided a state acts in accordance with the framework of a legitimate constitution. However, the task of specifying the properties of a legitimate constitution becomes especially problematic within contemporary pluralistic societies. The authors in the present volume agree that, in this context, unconstrained reference to morality is hardly suitable. They propose new arguments within the spectrum marked b

Political legitimization without morality?.

1402085753

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Consensus (Social sciences)

General will

Legitimacy of governments-- Moral and ethical aspects

Kühnelt, Jörg

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