POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Modus Vivendi, Public Reason, Liberal Democracy
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Political theory- between history of political thought nd value free political science. Rawls- normative political theory, from a theory of justice to political liberation. Rawls- doesn"t stress so much the relationship between public reason and religion. The problem: legitimacy and stability- reasonable pluralism and constitutional liberal-democracy: political authority is 1- secular: separation of church and state, toleration. 771- our exercise of political power is proper - reciprocity is about reasonable acceptability. Because for rawls he thinks it"s the only way to guarantee reciprocity because it appeals to values that are shared. It is reasonable because it is articulated from premises, and the law is legitmate when fundamental rights and liberties where all gov officials act in that case, and citizens as well. Political theory: crtitical reconsideration of modernity (secularization, narrow", secularism) Wants to go beyond model that renounces constitutional democracy criticism of rawls--- proviso censors religion: loss of democratic potential. Artificial division: person versus citizen: religion grounds socio-political evidence.
