LWSOC-UA 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Public Philosophy, Empiricism
30 Oct 2017
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Bickel made constitutional law an important contributing element of the nation"s public: considers every complexity and consequence so carefully and honestly, bickel . Inherent tension in contemporary america: concluded there is an . Politics is inherently messy, complex and lacking in definitive answers: primary difference between early and later works is that politics moves from the periphery . Difference between bickel and other constitutional theorists: bickel . Legitimacy & the counter-majoritarian difficulty moeller (1985): alexander m. bickel: toward a. Bickel believes politics should simultaneously: accommodate diverse interests. Encourage an ongoing conversation among all of the political participants. Bickel turned to earlier thinkers like burke and aristotle because he found truths in them: truths could enhance our understanding of american politics, truths contribute significantly to a full understanding of the courts and the constitution.
