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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David EstlundPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780691143248ISBN 10: 0691143242 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 23 August 2009 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsPreface ix CHAPTER I: Democratic Authority 1 CHAPTER II: Truth and Despotism 21 CHAPTER III: An Acceptability Requirement 40 CHAPTER IV: The Limits of Fair Procedure 65 CHAPTER V: The Flight from Substance 85 CHAPTER VI: Epistemic Proceduralism 98 CHAPTER VII: Authority and Normative Consent 117 CHAPTER VIII: Original Authority and the Democracy/Jury Analogy 136 CHAPTER IX: How Would Democracy Know? 159 CHAPTER X: The Real Speech Situation 184 CHAPTER XI: Why Not an Epistocracy of the Educated? 206 CHAPTER XII: The Irrelevance of the Jury Theorem 223 CHAPTER XIII: Rejecting the Democracy/Contractualism Analogy 237 ChAPTER XIV: Utopophobia: Concession and Aspiration in Democratic Theory 258 Notes 277 Bibliography 295 Index 303ReviewsEstlund offers a thoughtful, philosophically dense discussion arguing for the legitimacy of democratic order... Estlund argues that epistemic proceduralism is a superior justification for democracy because it shows that democracies have the capacity to achieve good decisions that have legitimacy. His comparison of the decisions of a democracy to those of a jury is particularly illuminating. The work includes careful discussion of many prominent democratic and liberal theorists, such as Kenneth Arrow and John Rawls. Coulter, Grove City College, for Choice Democratic Authority is a rich book. Anyone working on political philosophy in general will find much of interest in it. -- Peter S. C. Chau Journal of Value Inquiry Democratic Authority is a rich book. Anyone working on political philosophy in general will find much of interest in it. --Peter S. C. Chau, Journal of Value Inquiry Estlund offers a thoughtful, philosophically dense discussion arguing for the legitimacy of democratic order. . . . Estlund argues that epistemic proceduralism is a superior justification for democracy because it shows that democracies have the capacity to achieve good decisions that have legitimacy. His comparison of the decisions of a democracy to those of a jury is particularly illuminating. The work includes careful discussion of many prominent democratic and liberal theorists, such as Kenneth Arrow and John Rawls. --M. Coulter, Grove City College, for Choice Estlund offers a thoughtful, philosophically dense discussion arguing for the legitimacy of democratic order... Estlund argues that epistemic proceduralism is a superior justification for democracy because it shows that democracies have the capacity to achieve good decisions that have legitimacy. His comparison of the decisions of a democracy to those of a jury is particularly illuminating. The work includes careful discussion of many prominent democratic and liberal theorists, such as Kenneth Arrow and John Rawls. -- Coulter, Grove City College, for Choice Democratic Authority is a rich book. Anyone working on political philosophy in general will find much of interest in it. -- Peter S. C. Chau, Journal of Value Inquiry Author InformationDavid M. Estlund is professor of philosophy at Brown University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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