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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Freyenhagen, Fabian
• Schaub, Jörg

Titel

Hat hier jemand gesagt, der Kaiser sei nackt? Eine Verteidigung der Geussschen Kritik an Rawls′ idealtheoretischem Ansatz

Ist Teil von

• Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie, 2010-01, Vol.58 (3), p.457-477

Ort / Verlag

Akademie Verlag GmbH

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

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Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In this paper, we take up two objections Raymond Geuss levels against John Rawls′ ideal theory in . We show that, despite their fundamental disagreements, the two theorists share a common starting point: they both (a) reject doing political philosophy by way of applying an independently derived moral theory; and (b) grapple with the danger of unduly privileging the . However, neither Rawls′ characterization of politics nor his ideal theoretical approach as response to the aforementioned danger is adequate – or so we argue. Moreover, contrary to received opinion, Geuss′ political philosophy is the more reflective and the of the two. In a final section, we highlight another agreement: both think that political philosophers should develop conceptual innovations as a way of clarifying and overcoming practical problems. We demonstrate that Geuss could offer a number of reasons for finding Rawls′ conceptual innovations wanting.