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050 00 $aJA76$b.C479 1996
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100 1 $aChambers, Simone.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95100096
245 10 $aReasonable democracy :$bJürgen Habermas and the politics of discourse /$cSimone Chambers.
260 $aIthaca, N.Y. :$bCornell University Press,$c1996.
300 $ax, 250 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tJustice, Rationality, and Democracy --$gI.$tProceduralism, without Metaphysics.$g2.$tWhat Is Proceduralism?$g3.$tProceduralism and the Recovery of Moral Intuitions.$g4.$tInterpretive Deontology --$gII.$tContract or Conversation?$g5.$tJohn Rawls and the Freedom and Equality of Citizens.$g6.$tThomas Scanlon and the Desire for Reasonable Agreement.$g7.$tJurgen Habermas and Practical Discourse --$gIII.$tDiscourse and Modernity.$g8.$tUniversalism in Reconstructive Science.$g9.$tDefending Modernity.$g10.$tUniversalism in Morality --$gIV.$tDiscourse and Politics.$g11.$tFrom the Ideal to the Real.$g12.$tJustice and the Individual.$g13.$tApproximating Discourse.$g14.$tAn Illustration.$g15.$tCulture and Politics.
520 $aIn Reasonable Democracy, Simone Chambers describes, explains, and defends a discursive politics inspired by the recent work of Jurgen Habermas. In addition to comparing Habermas's ideas with other non-Kantian liberal theories in clear and accessible prose, Chambers develops her own views regarding the role of discourse and its importance within liberal democracies.
520 8 $aBeginning with a deceptively simple question, "Why is talking better than fighting?" Chambers explains how the idea of talking provides a rich and compelling view of morality, rationality, and political stability. She considers talking as a way for people to respect each other as moral agents, as a way to reach reasonable and legitimate solutions to disputes, and as a way to reproduce and strengthen shared understandings.
520 8 $aIn the course of this argument, she defends modern universalist ethics, communicative rationality, and what she calls a discursive political culture, a concept that locates the political power of discourse and deliberation not so much in institutions of democratic decision-making as in the type of conversations that go on around these institutions.
520 8 $aWhile discourse and deliberation cannot replace voting, bargaining, or compromise, Chambers argues, it is important to maintain a background moral conversation in which to anchor other activities.
520 8 $aAs an extended illustration or "case study," Chambers examines the conversation about language rights that has been going on for twenty years between English and French Quebec residents. A culture of dialogue has proved a positive and powerful force in resolving some of the disagreements between these two linguistic communities.
600 10 $aHabermas, Jürgen.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78093535
650 0 $aPolitical science.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85104440
650 0 $aDemocracy$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aDiscourse analysis.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85038362
852 00 $bglx$hJA76$i.C479 1996