Nova Evropa i javni um
The New Europe and Public Reason
Author(s): Ivan MladenovićSubject(s): Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu & Fakultet političkih znanosti u Zagrebu
Keywords: the european union; legitimacy; public reason; reasonableness; overlapping consensus
Summary/Abstract: This paper will examine the issue of finding the most adequate conception of normative legitimacy for the european union. I shall argue that john Rawls’s idea of public reason is crucially important in this context. Rawls maintains that the idea of public reason is important not only for constitutional democracies, but also at the international level. Following Rawls’s lead, this paper focuses on the idea of public reason at the eu level. However, I shall argue that the idea of public reason that is adequate for the european union should be based on the conception of free and equal citizens, instead of Rawls’s conception of peoples.
Journal: Političke perspektive
- Issue Year: 6/2016
- Issue No: 01-02
- Page Range: 67-77
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Serbian