In Defense of Moderate Inclusivism: Revisiting Rawls and Habermas on Religion in the Public Sphere

The paper discusses Rawls’ and Habermas’ theories of deliberative democracy, focusing on the question of religious reasons in political discourse. Whereas Rawls as well as Habermas defend a fully inclusivist position on the use of religious reasons in the ‘background culture’ (Rawls) or ‘informal pu...

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Main Authors: Jonas Jakobsen, Kjersti Fjørtoft
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Norwegian University of Science and Technology Library 2018-11-01
Series:Etikk i Praksis: Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics
Online Access:https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/etikk_i_praksis/article/view/2267