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The Political Problem of Religious Pluralism
And Why Philosophers Can't Solve It
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2012
Summary
In contemporary political philosophy, there is much debate over how to maintain a public order in pluralistic democracies in which citizens hold radically different religious views. The Political Problem of Religious Pluralism deals with this theoretically and practically difficult issue by examining three of the most influential figures of religious pluralism theory: John Rawls, Jacques Maritain, and Alasdair MacIntyre. Drawing on a diverse number of sources, Kozinski addresses the flaws in each philosopher's views and shows that the only philosophically defensible end of any overlapping consensus political order must be the eradication of the ideological pluralism that makes it necessary. In other words, a pluralistic society should have as its primary political aim to create the political conditions for the communal discovery and political establishment of that unifying tradition within which political justice can most effectively be obtained. Kozinski's analysis, though exhaustive and rigorous, still remains accessible and engaging, even for a reader unversed in the works of Rawls, Maritain, and MacIntyre. Interdisciplinary and multi-thematic in nature, it will appeal to anyone interested in the intersection of religion, politics, and culture.
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Edition
1/2012
Copyright Year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-4168-7
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-4170-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
263
Product Type
Monograph
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Table of Contents No access
Foreword No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
1: Rawls's Postmodern Turn No access
2: The Failure of the Overlapping Consensus No access
3: Overlapping Consensus in a New Christendom No access
4: Maritain's Democratic Faith: A Sign of Contradiction No access
5: MacIntyre's Tradition-Constituted Rationality No access
6: A Critique of MacIntyre: Why Philosophy Isn't Enough No access
