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11Shaun P. Young, Beyond Rawls: An Analysis of the Concept of Political Liberalism. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 2002, 207 pp. ISBN 0-7618-2241-0, $36.00 (review)Journal of Value Inquiry 38 (3): 425-431. 2004.
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8Religion, Identity, and Political Legitimacy: Toward Democratic InclusionJournal of Social Philosophy 39 (3): 340-358. 2008.
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14Sincerity and Reconciliation in Public ReasonSocial Philosophy Today 17 21-35. 2001.In Political Liberalism and the essay "The Idea of Public Reason Revisited" John Rawls argues that citizens must refrain from introducing sectarian values intopolitical debate over fundamental political questions unless the positions they are endorsing can be supported by public reasons. I will argue that this duty allows for a more limited use of non-public ideas and values than is suggested in Rawls's discussion. ln addition, I will argue that reconciliation between citizens and the reinvigora…Read more
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55Religion, identity, and political legitimacy: Toward democratic inclusionJournal of Social Philosophy 39 (3): 340-358. 2008.No Abstract
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25Beyond RetributionSocial Philosophy Today 20 67-80. 2004.The very nature of terrorism and the context in which it typically occurs make responding to it much more complicated, morally speaking, than responding to conventional military attacks. Two points are particularly important here: (1) terrorism often arises in the midst of conflicts that can only be resolved at the negotiating table; (2) responses to terrorist acts almost always present significant risks to the lives and well-being of noncombatants. The history of the Israel-Palestinian conflict…Read more
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32Sincerity and Reconciliation in Public ReasonSocial Philosophy Today 17 21-35. 2001.In Political Liberalism and the essay "The Idea of Public Reason Revisited" John Rawls argues that citizens must refrain from introducing sectarian values intopolitical debate over fundamental political questions unless the positions they are endorsing can be supported by public reasons. I will argue that this duty allows for a more limited use of non-public ideas and values than is suggested in Rawls's discussion. ln addition, I will argue that reconciliation between citizens and the reinvigora…Read more
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11Beyond RetributionSocial Philosophy Today 20 67-80. 2004.The very nature of terrorism and the context in which it typically occurs make responding to it much more complicated, morally speaking, than responding to conventional military attacks. Two points are particularly important here: (1) terrorism often arises in the midst of conflicts that can only be resolved at the negotiating table; (2) responses to terrorist acts almost always present significant risks to the lives and well-being of noncombatants. The history of the Israel-Palestinian conflict…Read more
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The Logic of Political ConstructivismDissertation, University of Kansas. 2000.My project in the dissertation is to develop a constructivist account of the normative structure of political or civil obligations. The first part of the dissertation focuses on Kant's moral and political constructivism respectively. In chapter two I argue that Kant's account of the normativity of moral obligations is rooted in the idea of moral community which is an objective end that is built into the structure of our practical reasoning. Moral obligations are justified for Kant because they r…Read more
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43Democratic Legitimacy: The Limits of Instrumentalist Accounts (review)Journal of Value Inquiry 46 (2): 223-236. 2012.
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Normative Ethics |
Philosophy of Law |
Social and Political Philosophy |
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Normative Ethics |
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