Author : Christian F. Rostboll
Release : 2008-06-13
Genre : Philosophy
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Deliberative Freedom by : Christian F. Rostboll
Download or read book Deliberative Freedom written by Christian F. Rostboll. This book was released on 2008-06-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Deliberative Freedom, Christian F. Rostbøll accepts the common belief that democracy and freedom are intimately related, but he sees this relationship in a new and challenging way. Rostbøll argues that deliberative democracy is normatively committed to multiple dimensions of freedom, and that this, in turn, makes it a distinct model of democracy. He presents a new version of deliberative democracy that rejects the prevailing synthesis of Habermasian critical theory and Rawlsian political liberalism, and contends that this synthesis obscures and neglects important concerns in terms of freedom and emancipation. In addition, Rostbøll explores how the many dimensions of freedom supply a new and fruitful way to address issues such as paternalism, elitism, rationalism, and neutrality.