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a comparison of the positions of John Rawls, Jürgen Habermas and Paul Ricoeur
"This book compares three approaches to public reason and to the public space accorded to religions: the liberal platform of an overlapping consensus proposed by John Rawls, Jürgen Habermas's discourse ethical reformulation of Kant's universalism and its realization in the public sphere, and the co-founding role which Paul Ricoeur attributes to the particular traditions that have shaped their cultures and the convictions of citizens."--Publishers website
Public reason as a neutral mediator in pluralist democracies in John Rawl's political philosophy -- Practical reason in the public sphere: Jèurgen Habermas's rehabilitation of religion as a resource within the project of modernity -- Religions as co-foundational of the public space in Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutical philosophy -- Conclusion of the comparison of the three positions.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-311) and indexes.
Praktische Theologie im Wissenschaftsdiskurs ; Bd. 16