Public policy, rationality and reason

This work suggests the incorporation of practical reason in the design, implementation and evaluation of public policies, alongside instrumental rationality. It takes two proposals that today point in this direction: Rawls distinction between reasonable (practical reason) and rational (instrumental...

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Main Author: Rodolfo Canto Sáenz
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Panamericana 2015-07-01
Series:Tópicos
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Online Access:http://topicosojs.up.edu.mx/ojs/index.php/topicos/article/view/752
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description This work suggests the incorporation of practical reason in the design, implementation and evaluation of public policies, alongside instrumental rationality. It takes two proposals that today point in this direction: Rawls distinction between reasonable (practical reason) and rational (instrumental reason) and what this author calls the CI Procedure (categorical imperative procedure) and Habermas model of deliberative democracy. The main conclusion is that the analysis of public policies can not be limited to rather narrow limits of science, but requires the contribution of political and moral philosophy.
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spelling doaj.art-5a5af0ef51da4e1cb8cae9e915f8ec0e2022-12-22T00:34:08ZspaUniversidad PanamericanaTópicos0188-66492007-84982015-07-0104925929010.21555/top.v0i49.752712Public policy, rationality and reasonRodolfo Canto SáenzThis work suggests the incorporation of practical reason in the design, implementation and evaluation of public policies, alongside instrumental rationality. It takes two proposals that today point in this direction: Rawls distinction between reasonable (practical reason) and rational (instrumental reason) and what this author calls the CI Procedure (categorical imperative procedure) and Habermas model of deliberative democracy. The main conclusion is that the analysis of public policies can not be limited to rather narrow limits of science, but requires the contribution of political and moral philosophy.http://topicosojs.up.edu.mx/ojs/index.php/topicos/article/view/752Políticas públicas, racionalidad instrumental, razonabilidad, Procedimiento IC, política deliberativa
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Public policy, rationality and reason
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Políticas públicas, racionalidad instrumental, razonabilidad, Procedimiento IC, política deliberativa
title Public policy, rationality and reason
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title_fullStr Public policy, rationality and reason
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topic Políticas públicas, racionalidad instrumental, razonabilidad, Procedimiento IC, política deliberativa
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