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Peter, Fabienne (2007) Rawls' idea of public reason and democratic legitimacy. Politics and Ethics Review, Vol.3 (No.1). pp. 129-143. doi:10.3366/per.2007.3.1.129

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/per.2007.3.1.129

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Abstract

Critics and defenders of Rawls’ idea of public reason have tended to neglect the relationship between this idea and his conception of democratic legitimacy. I shall argue that Rawls’ idea of public reason can be interpreted
in two different ways, and that the two interpretations support two different conceptions of legitimacy. What I call the substantive interpretation of Rawls’ idea of public reason demands that it applies not just to the process of democratic decision-making, but that it extends to the substantive justification of democratic decisions. I shall argue against this interpretation and suggest a procedural
interpretation instead. On this view, public reason is invoked when it comes to the political justification of the principles that should govern the process of democratic decision-making, but not – at least not directly – in relation to the content of public deliberation.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy
Journal or Publication Title: Politics and Ethics Review
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISSN: 1755-0882
Official Date: 2007
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2007Published
Volume: Vol.3
Number: No.1
Page Range: pp. 129-143
DOI: 10.3366/per.2007.3.1.129
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
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Also presented at Rawls Workshop, University of Bochum, February 2012

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