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ISBN 10: 0231164114

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Author: James Gordon Finlayson 

Jürgen Habermas and John Rawls are perhaps the two most renowned and influential figures in social and political philosophy of the second half of the twentieth century. In the 1990s, they had a famous exchange in the Journal of Philosophy. Quarreling over the merits of each other’s accounts of the shape and meaning of democracy and legitimacy in a contemporary society, they also revealed how great thinkers working in different traditions read―and misread―one another’s work.

In this book, James Gordon Finlayson examines the Habermas-Rawls debate in context and considers its wider implications. He traces their dispute from its inception in their earliest works to the 1995 exchange and its aftermath, as well as its legacy in contemporary debates. Finlayson discusses Rawls’s Political Liberalism and Habermas’s Between Facts and Norms, considering them as the essential background to the dispute and using them to lay out their different conceptions of justice, politics, democratic legitimacy, individual rights, and the normative authority of law. He gives a detailed analysis and assessment of their contributions, assessing the strengths and weaknesses of their different approaches to political theory, conceptions of democracy, and accounts of religion and public reason, and he reflects on the ongoing significance of the debate. The Habermas-Rawls Debate is an authoritative account of the crucial intersection of two major political theorists and an explication of why their dispute continues to matter.

The Habermas Rawls Debate 1st Table of contents: 

1. Introduction to the Habermas-Rawls Debate

   • Overview of Jürgen Habermas and John Rawls
   • The Nature of the Debate
   • Key Philosophical Themes: Justice, Democracy, and Public Reason
   • The Context and Significance of the Debate

2. John Rawls: Theory of Justice

   • Rawls’ Concept of Justice as Fairness
   • The Original Position and the Veil of Ignorance
   • The Two Principles of Justice
   • The Difference Principle and Its Implications
   • Criticism and Responses to Rawls’ Theory

3. Jürgen Habermas: Discourse Ethics and the Theory of Justice

   • Habermas’ Theory of Discourse Ethics
   • The Role of Communication in Justice
   • The Ideal Speech Situation and the Principle of Universalization
   • The Public Sphere and Political Legitimacy
   • Criticisms and Development of Habermas’ Theory

4. The Rawlsian Framework and Habermas’ Critique

   • The Rawlsian Concept of Justice as Fairness vs. Habermas’ Communicative Action
   • The Role of Consensus and Public Reason in Rawlsian and Habermasian Theory
   • Habermas’ Critique of the Original Position and the Veil of Ignorance
   • The Role of Social Cooperation in Justice

5. Justice, Democracy, and the Public Sphere

   • Rawls’ Idea of the Well-Ordered Society
   • Habermas’ Concept of Deliberative Democracy
   • The Relationship Between Justice and Democracy in Rawls’ and Habermas’ Theories
   • The Role of the Public Sphere in Political Legitimacy and Justice
   • The Disagreement on Political Liberalism

6. Liberalism and Its Critics

   • Rawls’ Liberalism and Political Liberalism
   • Habermas’ Critique of Rawls’ Liberalism
   • The Challenge of Political Pluralism and the Common Good
   • The Reconciliation of Liberalism with the Ethical Demands of the Public Sphere

7. The Role of the State: The Political Order and the Social Contract

   • Rawls’ Theory of the Political Liberal State
   • Habermas’ View on the Role of the State in Enabling Discourse
   • The Intersection of Justice and Law in Both Theories
   • The Challenge of Global Justice in the Context of Their Theories

8. Global Justice: Habermas and Rawls’ Views

   • Rawls’ Theory of International Justice
   • Habermas’ Cosmopolitanism and Global Discourse Ethics
   • The Idea of Justice Beyond Borders in the Context of Globalization
   • Tensions Between Rawls’ Political Liberalism and Habermas’ Universalism

9. The Future of the Debate: Toward a Shared Understanding?

   • Points of Agreement Between Habermas and Rawls
   • Areas of Fundamental Disagreement
   • Bridging the Gap Between Rawls’ Justice as Fairness and Habermas’ Discourse Ethics
   • The Contribution of the Debate to Contemporary Political Philosophy

10. Conclusion

• The Impact of the Habermas-Rawls Debate on Political Theory
• The Legacy of Their Theories in Modern Political Philosophy
• Future Directions for Justice and Democracy in Philosophical Discourse

11. Bibliography
12. Index

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