MacGilvray argues that we should shift our attention away from the problem of identifying uncontroversial public ends in the present and toward the problem of e

A comprehensive study of public reason for courts, with contributions from leading scholars in philosophy, political science and law.

When people of good faith and sound mind disagree deeply about moral, religious, and other philosophical matters, how can we justify political institutions to a

This collection of essays by Sheila Jasanoff explores how democratic governments construct public reason, that is, the forms of evidence and argument used in ma

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