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The Boundaries of Public Reason

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  • Frohock, Fred M.

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Modern versions of public reason occasionally must address disputes so profound and divisive that the adjudicative powers of reason cannot resolve them on the expectations of liberal governance. The beliefs underlying these disputes represent the legitimate pluralism of the liberal state, but they also reproduce within the languages of public reason the same divisive views that the liberal state must manage in the larger society. The effects of divisive beliefs can be mitigated, however, with a noncomputational version of public reason that allows collective terms to dominate simple merit adjudication. This type of reasoning requires a survey of considerations beyond the merits of the case at hand and opens public reason to the more general needs of the political society.

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  • Frohock, Fred M., 1997. "The Boundaries of Public Reason," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 91(4), pages 833-844, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:91:y:1997:i:04:p:833-844_21
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