Private Consciences and Public Reasons

by Kent Greenawalt

Book Overview

Within democratic societies, a deep division exists over the nature of community and the grounds for political life. Should the political order be neutral between competing conceptions of the good life or should it be based on some such conception? This book addresses one crucial set of problems raised by this division: What bases should officials and citizens employ in reaching political decisions and justifying their positions? Should they feel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195094190
• ISBN13: 9780195094190
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"