Dissensus Communis: Between Ethics and Politics

by Vanahaute Ap and P VanaHaute

This book reflects on the problematic relation of ethics to politics in our 'democratic' era. If democracy implies the loss of an ultimate foundation for both ethics and political action, how can it be defended against its (ultra-nationalist, fundamentalist,...) critics. Are there reasons for being a 'democrat' and what does it mean to be so or to act 'democratically'. Does this merely imply strict obedience to certain procedures that we call 'democratic'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 903900403X
• ISBN13: 9789039004036
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 154 Pages