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Title

Elements of a critical theory of justice / Gustavo Pereira.

Author

Pereira, Gustavo.

Publication

Baringstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

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Description

viii, 246 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"The capacity to take part in dialogues and justify one's positions constitutes the normative core of critical social justice. This capacity is what makes citizens autonomous, so ensuring it is the main objective of a critical theory of justice. For citizens to become the true masters of their lives it is necessary to transform social structures and relations as well as to counteract the effects of capitalist dynamics on one's reflective capacities. To effectively intervene in real societies it is necessary to have the normative guidance provided by the principles and normative concepts presented in this book, which emerge from the constructive question: 'what are the necessary conditions for someone to be able to take part as an autonomous subject in decision making processes?'"--Publisher's website.

Subject

• Social justice
• Social justice > Philosophy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part 1: Models of justice and recognition. Justice and Recognition: Two Models ; Evaluation of Fraser's and Honneth's Normative Approaches. -- Part 2: Foundations for a critical theory of justice and reciprocal recognition autonomy. Foundation and Application ; Reciprocal Recognition Autonomy as a Decentred Autonomy. -- Part 3: Scope, metrics and principles of justice. Conceptions of Justice and Reciprocal Recognition Autonomy ; Principles and Scope of Justice ; The Background of Application. -- Part 4: Democratic ethical life and its promotion. Democratic Ethical Life and Public Reason ; Narrative, Emotions and Democratic Ethical Life.

ISBN

• 1137263377
• 9781137263377

OCLC

820434217

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Harvard Library