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P J Mills Ed's Feminist Interpretations G W F Hegel (review)Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain 36 30-33. 1997.
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83Shamanistic Incantations? Rawls, Reasonableness and Secular FundamentalismPolitics and Ethics Review 3 (1): 109-128. 2007.The paper examines a specific charge against Rawls's political liberalism, namely that the manner in which it uses the notion of reasonableness renders it a form of secular fundamentalism. The paper begins with an examination of what Rawls means by his notion of ‘the reasonable’ and briefly outlines its role in his version of political liberalism. This leads to a discussion of the different meanings of ‘secular fundamentalism’ and how it is specifically used in its criticism of Rawls's ‘justice …Read more
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308Helping to Undo the Past: Teaching Critical Reasoning in South AfricaInformal Logic 18 (1): 57-82. 1996.In this paper I discuss the opportunities and difficulties of teaching critical reasoning in a rapidly transforming society such as South Africa. I argue that the real benefits for students of such courses outweigh the pessimism of John McPeck and Richard Paul that they do little, if any, good. This paper is based on my experience of having taught critical reasoning at school and university level in South Africa during the early 90's.
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306Towards a political ethic: Exploring the boundaries of a moral politicsPhilosophical Papers 23 (3): 191-215. 1994.No abstract
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29Shamanistic Incantations? Rawls, Reasonableness and Secular FundamentalismJournal of International Political Theory 3 109-128. 2007.The paper examines a specific charge against Rawls's political liberalism, namely that the manner in which it uses the notion of reasonableness renders it a form of secular fundamentalism. The paper begins with an examination of what Rawls means by his notion of ‘the reasonable’ and briefly outlines its role in his version of political liberalism. This leads to a discussion of the different meanings of ‘secular fundamentalism’ and how it is specifically used in its criticism of Rawls's ‘justice …Read more
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21Learning to be Political Liberals: A Reply to ParryManchester Centre for Political Thought. 1998.
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