Albena Azmanova
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231153805
- eISBN:
- 9780231527286
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231153805.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
This chapter presents the parameters of political judgment in its relation, on the one hand, to the realm of political conflict and, on the other, to the realm of governance. It then turns to the ...
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This chapter presents the parameters of political judgment in its relation, on the one hand, to the realm of political conflict and, on the other, to the realm of governance. It then turns to the treatment of judgment and justification in modern normative political philosophy, highlighting the distinctive features of the change in conceptualization that a discursive model of judgment presents. It shows that such a model developed within the theories of deliberative politics that proliferated at the close of the twentieth century. By examining the way these models confront the “judgment paradox,”, the last part of the chapter spells out the particular tasks of a critical theory of political judgment.Less
This chapter presents the parameters of political judgment in its relation, on the one hand, to the realm of political conflict and, on the other, to the realm of governance. It then turns to the treatment of judgment and justification in modern normative political philosophy, highlighting the distinctive features of the change in conceptualization that a discursive model of judgment presents. It shows that such a model developed within the theories of deliberative politics that proliferated at the close of the twentieth century. By examining the way these models confront the “judgment paradox,”, the last part of the chapter spells out the particular tasks of a critical theory of political judgment.
Michele S. Moses
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780226344249
- eISBN:
- 9780226344416
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226344416.001.0001
- Subject:
- Education, Philosophy and Theory of Education
This book is ultimately about a puzzle: a puzzle about how to understand the nature of the deep disagreement about affirmative action, and beyond that, what to do about it. Relying on deliberative ...
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This book is ultimately about a puzzle: a puzzle about how to understand the nature of the deep disagreement about affirmative action, and beyond that, what to do about it. Relying on deliberative democratic theory, it makes a strong and well-reasoned argument for the deep democratic value of policy dialogue and deliberation to help citizens work through the moral disagreement about affirmative action and other controversial education policies, often having to do with issues of race and ethnicity. Both critics and defenders of affirmative action use the ideal of equality to make their–opposing–arguments about affirmative action policy. This highlights a central issue in the acrimonious debates over race-conscious affirmative action: how can citizens make sense of the policy within a sociopolitical context where both supporters and opponents use the same language to defend or critique it? Given this question, the book is not meant to be another defense of affirmative action. Instead it is a defense of dialogue and deliberation about affirmative action and other controversial race-conscious policies. Disagreements such as these are inevitable in a democracy. Dialogue is important for allowing people to stand in others’ shoes and for seeing each other’s humanity despite disagreement. Such dialogue is the heart of both education and democracy. Maybe dialogue and deliberation will not always (or even often) lead to agreement in policy issues related to moral views, but they have the potential to help us know each other, and understand each other better amidst moral disagreement.Less
This book is ultimately about a puzzle: a puzzle about how to understand the nature of the deep disagreement about affirmative action, and beyond that, what to do about it. Relying on deliberative democratic theory, it makes a strong and well-reasoned argument for the deep democratic value of policy dialogue and deliberation to help citizens work through the moral disagreement about affirmative action and other controversial education policies, often having to do with issues of race and ethnicity. Both critics and defenders of affirmative action use the ideal of equality to make their–opposing–arguments about affirmative action policy. This highlights a central issue in the acrimonious debates over race-conscious affirmative action: how can citizens make sense of the policy within a sociopolitical context where both supporters and opponents use the same language to defend or critique it? Given this question, the book is not meant to be another defense of affirmative action. Instead it is a defense of dialogue and deliberation about affirmative action and other controversial race-conscious policies. Disagreements such as these are inevitable in a democracy. Dialogue is important for allowing people to stand in others’ shoes and for seeing each other’s humanity despite disagreement. Such dialogue is the heart of both education and democracy. Maybe dialogue and deliberation will not always (or even often) lead to agreement in policy issues related to moral views, but they have the potential to help us know each other, and understand each other better amidst moral disagreement.
Ian Johnstone
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195394931
- eISBN:
- 9780199894543
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195394931.003.0010
- Subject:
- Law, Public International Law
This concluding chapter synthesizes the findings from the case studies to substantiate the claim that argumentation influences international politics through a diffuse discursive process. It ...
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This concluding chapter synthesizes the findings from the case studies to substantiate the claim that argumentation influences international politics through a diffuse discursive process. It elaborates on the convergence between legal argumentation and deliberative politics. It recaps the thesis that the discursive process can only be understood by considering the role of interpretive communities, whose power comes from the reputational costs they can extract, while also setting the parameters for constructive dialogue about incremental extensions of existing legal regimes. The judgment and dialogue occurs in many settings, but it is most concentrated in international organizations (IOs). A theme highlighted in the chapter is that the operational and discursive practices of IOs are a new source of international law.Less
This concluding chapter synthesizes the findings from the case studies to substantiate the claim that argumentation influences international politics through a diffuse discursive process. It elaborates on the convergence between legal argumentation and deliberative politics. It recaps the thesis that the discursive process can only be understood by considering the role of interpretive communities, whose power comes from the reputational costs they can extract, while also setting the parameters for constructive dialogue about incremental extensions of existing legal regimes. The judgment and dialogue occurs in many settings, but it is most concentrated in international organizations (IOs). A theme highlighted in the chapter is that the operational and discursive practices of IOs are a new source of international law.
