Provisional Politics: Kantian Arguments in Policy Context
Elisabeth Ellis
Abstract
This book argues that if we are to vindicate moral reasoning in politics, we must focus on the conditions of political discourse rather than the contents of any particular ethical system. This book builds on a interpretation of Kant's theory of provisional right to construct a new theory of justice under conditions of agency and plurality. It develops this new perspective through a series of cases ranging from the treatment of AIDS widows in Kenya to the rights of non-citizens everywhere, as well as the clash between democratic decision-making and the politics of species conservation. The book ... More
Keywords: moral reasoning, politics, political discourse, ethical systems, justice, political agency, plurality, AIDS widows, species conservation
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2008 | Print ISBN-13: 9780300125221 |
| Published to Yale Scholarship Online: October 2013 | DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300125221.001.0001 |
