Politics of Nature: How to Bring the Sciences into Democracy (Catherine Porter's Tr)
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 4, Heft 3, S. 570-571
ISSN: 1537-5927
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In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 4, Heft 3, S. 570-571
ISSN: 1537-5927
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 4, Heft 3, S. 570
ISSN: 1537-5927
In: Hypatia: a journal of feminist philosophy, Band 19, Heft 2, S. 198-200
ISSN: 1527-2001
In: Theory, culture & society: explorations in critical social science, Band 20, Heft 6, S. 121-140
ISSN: 1460-3616
John Rawls's distinction between a comprehensive liberalism and his political version remains unclear to even his sympathetic critics. They stress his over-reliance on intuitive ideas of a liberal political culture in formulating the original position and its principles of justice. In this article, I argue that Rawls defends his liberal intuitions in a way philosophers might least expect. He conveys the sense of justice that motivates political liberalism through his metaphors. Rawls draws his concept of a well-ordered society – a social union of social unions – from Wilhelm von Humboldt, a seldom-noticed source. Paralleling von Humboldt's use of musical metaphors, Rawls characterizes liberal democracy as a symphony orchestra. Analyzing this metaphor, I argue, reveals the cultural limitations of Rawls's overlapping consensus and the political project which undergirds his theory of justice.
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 157-246
ISSN: 1541-0986
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 160-161
ISSN: 1537-5927
In: Hypatia: a journal of feminist philosophy, Band 17, Heft 4, S. 71-94
ISSN: 1527-2001
In: American political science review, Band 95, Heft 4, S. 977-978
ISSN: 1537-5943
In: American political science review, Band 95, Heft 4, S. 977-978
ISSN: 0003-0554
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 61, Heft 1, S. 252-254
ISSN: 1468-2508
In: Signs: journal of women in culture and society, Band 24, Heft 2, S. 536-538
ISSN: 1545-6943
In: American political science review, Band 91, Heft 2, S. 431-431
ISSN: 1537-5943
In: American political science review, Band 90, Heft 3, S. 641-641
ISSN: 1537-5943
In: American political science review, Band 88, Heft 3, S. 732-732
ISSN: 1537-5943
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 55, Heft 1, S. 277-279
ISSN: 1468-2508