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| Consensus: Consensus refers to a unified agreement or decision among a group, often achieved through compromise or mutual consent. See also Aggreement, Communication, Conflicts._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Jeremy Waldron on Consensus - Dictionary of Arguments
Gaus I 91 Consensus/agreement/liberalism/Waldron: One may emphasize the idea of an ‘overlapping consensus’ – a variety of justificatory paths from disparate philosophical premises to a plateau of liberal principles. (This is Rawls’s view (...).) Another may opt for a ‘lowest common denominator’ approach, emphasizing justificatory premises that all members of a pluralist society may be presumed to accept, whatever the differences in their ethics or world view. And the phrase ‘may be presumed to accept’ may be glossed in various ways, ranging from the idea of universally accessible reasons and reasoning to some fairly aggressive account of basic human interests, like the survivalist account developed by Hobbes (1991)(1). >Overlapping consensus/Rawls, >Overlapping consensus/Waldron. 1. Hobbes, Thomas (1991 [1651]) Leviathan, ed. Richard Tuck. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Waldron, Jeremy 2004. „Liberalism, Political and Comprehensive“. In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 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. |
Waldron, Jeremy Gaus I Gerald F. Gaus Chandran Kukathas Handbook of Political Theory London 2004 |
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