Review of Kenneth Baynes, The Normative Grounds of Social Criticism: Kant, Rawls, and Habermas (1992)

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    Description

    Baynes's two main objectives are to show that Kant, Rawls, and Habermas share the view that "the idea of an agreement among free and equal persons [i. e., autonomous persons] ... constitutes the normative ground of social criticism" (p. 8), and that this "constructivist" view is more adequately developed and defended with each successive theorist. The study, however, goes beyond these aims and can often fruitfully be read as a comparative study of Rawls and Habermas.

    PeriodJan 1 1992

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    • TitleScholarship and Professional Work - LAS
      Media typeOther
      Date1/1/92
      DescriptionBook Review
      PersonsHarry van der Linden

    Disciplines

    • Ethics and Political Philosophy
    • Philosophy

    Keywords

    • Kant
    • Rawls
    • Habermas