Justice and democracy : cross-cultural perspectives /
Today democracy is increasingly recognized around the world as the only form of government with moral legitimacy. The problems of establishing and preserving truly democratic institutions, however, vary dramatically from culture to culture. Justice and Democracy explores these problems from a wide r...
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Honolulu, Hawaii :
University of Hawai'i Press,
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Theoretical Approaches. Justice as a Larger Loyalty / Richard Rorty. Law as Politicians' Morality / Erikh Solovyov. Justice and Solidarity: The Case of Recognition / Maria Pia Lara. Equality and Difference in Democratic Theory / Kenneth Baynes. Grounding a Theory of Rights in Fallibilist Epistemology / Ron Bontekoe
- 2. Contemporary Problems of Application. On Relating Justice and Democracy: A Strategy and a Hypothesis / Frank Cunningham. Deliberation, Democracy, Disagreement / Cass R. Sunstein. Democracy as Culture / J.E. Tiles. Hierarchic Democracy and the Necessity of Mass Civil Disobedience / Ted Honderich. Post-Communism, Democracy, Nationality, and Capitalist Economy / Svetozar Stojanovic
- 3. Asian Perspectives. Confucianism, Modernity, and Asian Democracy / Ambrose Y.C. King. Can We Do Justice to All Theories of Justice? Toward Integrating Classical and Modern Paradigms of Justice / Chung-Ying Cheng.
