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    Sur la portée des prérogatives personnelles

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    What Does it Take to Travel Philosophically Light? A Response to Nielsen

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    In his reply to criticism raised against his reading of Rawls’s constructivist method in light of Rorty’s pragmatism, Kai Nielsen defends his position on the basis that it provides the tools for an external defence of liberalism. An external defence seeks to justify a liberal conception of justice in a way that will be acceptable not only to those who have already accepted the core substantive principles of liberal theory, but to those who reject these core principles. This paper assesses Nielsen’s proposal and shows that Rortian pragmatism is a limited way of achieving an external defence of liberal political and legal institutions. I propose to develop instead the idea of Kantian constructivism to this end. This discussion also brings to light broader questions about the idea of practical philosophy, and thus pays tribute to the works of John Rawls, Richard Rorty, and Kai Nielsen. Dans sa rĂ©plique Ă  la critique faite de son interprĂ©tation de la mĂ©thode constructiviste de Rawls Ă  la lumiĂšre du pragmatisme de Rorty, Kai Nielsen dĂ©fend sa position en indiquant qu’elle offre des outils pour faire une dĂ©fense externe du libĂ©ralisme. Une dĂ©fence externe cherche Ă  justifier une conception libĂ©rale de la justice d’une façon qui sera acceptable non seulement par ceux qui ont dĂ©jĂ  acceptĂ© les principes importants de fond de la thĂ©orie libĂ©rale, mais par ceux qui rejettent ces principes de fond. Cet article Ă©value la proposition de Nielsen et dĂ©montre que le pragmatisme de Rorty est une façon limitĂ©e d’en arriver Ă  une dĂ©fense externe des institutions politiques et juridiques libĂ©rales. Je propose de dĂ©velopper plutĂŽt l’idĂ©e de constructivisme kantien Ă  cette fin. Cette discussion fait aussi ressortir des questions de plus grande envergure au sujet de l’idĂ©e de philosophie pratique et rend ainsi hommage aux oeuvres de John Rawls, Richard Rorty et Kai Nielsen

    What Does it Take to Travel Philosophically Light? A Response to Nielsen

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    In his reply to criticism raised against his reading of Rawls’s constructivist method in light of Rorty’s pragmatism, Kai Nielsen defends his position on the basis that it provides the tools for an external defence of liberalism. An external defence seeks to justify a liberal conception of justice in a way that will be acceptable not only to those who have already accepted the core substantive principles of liberal theory, but to those who reject these core principles. This paper assesses Nielsen’s proposal and shows that Rortian pragmatism is a limited way of achieving an external defence of liberal political and legal institutions. I propose to develop instead the idea of Kantian constructivism to this end. This discussion also brings to light broader questions about the idea of practical philosophy, and thus pays tribute to the works of John Rawls, Richard Rorty, and Kai Nielsen. Dans sa rĂ©plique Ă  la critique faite de son interprĂ©tation de la mĂ©thode constructiviste de Rawls Ă  la lumiĂšre du pragmatisme de Rorty, Kai Nielsen dĂ©fend sa position en indiquant qu’elle offre des outils pour faire une dĂ©fense externe du libĂ©ralisme. Une dĂ©fence externe cherche Ă  justifier une conception libĂ©rale de la justice d’une façon qui sera acceptable non seulement par ceux qui ont dĂ©jĂ  acceptĂ© les principes importants de fond de la thĂ©orie libĂ©rale, mais par ceux qui rejettent ces principes de fond. Cet article Ă©value la proposition de Nielsen et dĂ©montre que le pragmatisme de Rorty est une façon limitĂ©e d’en arriver Ă  une dĂ©fense externe des institutions politiques et juridiques libĂ©rales. Je propose de dĂ©velopper plutĂŽt l’idĂ©e de constructivisme kantien Ă  cette fin. Cette discussion fait aussi ressortir des questions de plus grande envergure au sujet de l’idĂ©e de philosophie pratique et rend ainsi hommage aux oeuvres de John Rawls, Richard Rorty et Kai Nielsen

    The Challenge of Choice

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    Using Noncambatants as Shields

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    CĂ©cile Farbe, Chair in Political Theory, University of Edinburgh, talks about the coercive use of civilians as shields a depressingly familiar feature of contemporary wars. Respondent: Idil Boran, York University, Philosoph

    Using Noncambatants as Shields

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    CĂ©cile Farbe, Chair in Political Theory, University of Edinburgh, talks about the coercive use of civilians as shields a depressingly familiar feature of contemporary wars. Respondent: Idil Boran, York University, Philosoph
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