Liberal Constitutionalism and its Contemporary Challenges: AMINTAPHIL: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice, cartea 12
Editat de Gordon Albert Babst, Renée Nicole Souris, Joan McGregoren Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 mai 2024
The edited volume brings together contemporary work by philosophers, legal scholars, and political theorists. This volume presents relevant understandings of the common good, democracy, liberty, and law, and situates them in the context of contemporary countervailing pressures posed by issues in education, access to medical treatment in a pandemic, and the media. Motivated to ascertain how democracy is threatened by a variety contemporary challenges, the authors examine core aspects of law, representative democracy, and constitutionalism to shed light on worrisome contemporary phenomena such as social media-driven conspiracy theories, unequal access to education and medical treatment, among other topics.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9783031536014
ISBN-10: 3031536010
Pagini: 194
Ilustrații: VI, 194 p. 5 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:2024
Editura: Springer Nature Switzerland
Colecția Springer
Seria AMINTAPHIL: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
ISBN-10: 3031536010
Pagini: 194
Ilustrații: VI, 194 p. 5 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:2024
Editura: Springer Nature Switzerland
Colecția Springer
Seria AMINTAPHIL: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
Cuprins
Introduction.- Part I.- Is the American Form of Government a Democracy? Signs of Systemic Oligarchy in Direct and Representative Democracy.- Truth Matters: Factual Accuracy, Theoretic Rationality, and the Legitimacy of Political Decision-Making.- Learning How to Read: Legal Hermeneutics.- Deference without Virtue: A Concern for Common Good Constitutionalism.- Dworkinian Protestantism, Civil Disobedience, and Democratic Citizenship.- Constructive Interpretation, Democracy, and the Protestant Attitude.- Part II.- Structural Injustices in the Educational System, Inequality, and its Effects on Democracy.- The Black Scare.- Representative Democracy, the Right to Vote and the Weighting of Votes.- The Importance of Condorcet Consistency in Preserving Democracy.- Comprehensive Pluralism, Liberalism, and Religious Liberty.
Notă biografică
Prof. Gordon A. Babst teaches political philosophy and theory, and has published on the threats religion has posed to liberal-democratic norms in pluralist societies.
Prof. Renée Nicole Souris is assistant professor at Florida Institute of Technology where she teaches legal and political theory. Her research applies ideas of virtue ethics to various topics including child soldiers, international law, and immigration.
Prof. Joan McGregor is a professor of philosophy and faculty head in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies. She teaches and does research on legal and political philosophy.
Textul de pe ultima copertă
The edited volume brings together contemporary work by philosophers, legal scholars, and political theorists. This volume presents relevant understandings of the common good, democracy, liberty, and law, and situates them in the context of contemporary countervailing pressures posed by issues in education, access to medical treatment in a pandemic, and the media. Motivated to ascertain how democracy is threatened by a variety contemporary challenges, the authors examine core aspects of law, representative democracy, and constitutionalism to shed light on worrisome contemporary phenomena such as social media-driven conspiracy theories, unequal access to education and medical treatment, among other topics.
Caracteristici
Offers contemporary perspectives on democratic constitutional norms and dangers Deals with context of a plural society Presents a variety of critical challenges to liberal constitutional states and attempts to propose some solutions