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Michael Freeden on Generalization - Dictionary of Arguments
Gaus I 5 Generalization/individuals/generality/political theory/Freeden: (... ) the increasing democratization of politics has shifted the emphasis of scholarship from ‘great men and women’ philosophers to the moral claims any individual and all individuals may direct at their societies and the benefits they ought to derive from social life. Just as historians now seldom tell the story of kings and queens but have developed a keen interest in popular history, so political theorists have refocused around individual selfdevelopment, participation, citizenship, and civic virtue (Young, 1986(1): 479, 484–5), notions close to the concerns of contemporary liberal theory (...). One manifestation of this has been the recent fascination of philosophers with questions of justice. >Self-realization, >Participation. Although justice is a systemic property of a wellorganized society, it has been reformulated, primarily by John Rawls (1971)(2), as establishing the correct manner of attaining fairness for individuals, through devices that ensure that ordinary persons themselves decide reasonably on the rules of justice that ought to apply to them. >Justice, >Justice/Rawls, >J. Rawls. Deontology/method: Consequently, the deontology of rights and duties has been predominantly assigned to individuals, and Anglo-American political philosophy has been resistant to the impingement of groups and communities on its fundamental epistemology – an inclination towards atomism that is itself ideological as well as methodological. >Deontology. Universality/generality: Moreover, that approach is predicated on the assumption that the rationally exercised faculties of individuals will in crucial instances converge on common ground rather than diverge in a range of acceptable, rational and good solutions radiating out from a common core, as John Stuart Mill had indicated. >Generality. 1.Young, Robert (1986) Personal Autonomy: Beyond Negative and Positive Freedom. London: Croom-Helm. 2. Rawls, John (1971) A Theory of Justice. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press Freeden, M. 2004. „Ideology, Political Theory and Political Philosophy“. In: Gaus, Gerald F. 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Freeden, Michael Gaus I Gerald F. Gaus Chandran Kukathas Handbook of Political Theory London 2004 |
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