Social Epistemic Liberalism and the Problem of Deep Epistemic Disagreements
Recently Robert B. Talisse has put forth a socio-epistemic justification of liberal democracy that he believes qualifies as a public justification in that it purportedly can be endorsed by all reasonable individuals. In avoiding narrow restraints on reasonableness, Talisse argues that he has in fact...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
[2015]
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| In: |
Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2015, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 371-384 |
| RelBib Classification: | NCD Political ethics VA Philosophy ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Pluralism
B Epistemic disagreements B Liberalism B Public justification B Talisse |
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| Summary: | Recently Robert B. Talisse has put forth a socio-epistemic justification of liberal democracy that he believes qualifies as a public justification in that it purportedly can be endorsed by all reasonable individuals. In avoiding narrow restraints on reasonableness, Talisse argues that he has in fact proposed a justification that crosses the boundaries of a wide range of religious, philosophical and moral worldviews and in this way the justification is sufficiently pluralistic to overcome the challenges of reasonable pluralism familiar from Rawls. The fascinating argument that Talisse furthers is that when cognitively functional individuals reflect on some of their most basic epistemic commitments they will come to see that, in virtue of these commitments, they are also committed to endorsing key liberal democratic institutions. We argue that the socio-epistemic justification can be reasonably rejected on its own terms and thus fails as a public justification approach. This point is made by illustrating the significance of deep epistemic disagreements in liberal democracies. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8447 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "Reply to Karin Jønch-Clausen and Klemens Kappel (2016)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ethical theory and moral practice
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10677-014-9523-y |