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Issue Individuation in Public Reason Liberalism
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Manning, Colin, Ph.D.
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Year and Degree
2021, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Philosophy, Applied.
Abstract
This dissertation addresses the problem of issue individuation in public reason liberalism. The problem of issue individuation involves how laws relate to one another for purposes of public justification. That is, how many laws may be justified at once? The dissertation first provides an overview of the literature on issue individuation, and articulates three conditions any principle of issue individuation must meet. Then it articulates a solution to the problem of issue individuation in the form of a functional independence principle, which individuates laws based on the goals of idealized members of the public. Finally, the dissertation explores the implications of the functional independence principle on arguments regarding property rights and egalitarian redistribution.
Committee
Kevin Vallier (Advisor)
Gary Oates (Other)
Brandon Warmke (Committee Member)
Michael Weber (Committee Member)
Pages
102 p.
Subject Headings
Philosophy
Keywords
public reason
;
liberalism
;
political issues
;
issue individuation
;
property rights
;
egalitarianism
;
redistribution
;
Gerald Gaus
;
Kevin Vallier
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Manning, C. (2021).
Issue Individuation in Public Reason Liberalism
[Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu161675417735823
APA Style (7th edition)
Manning, Colin.
Issue Individuation in Public Reason Liberalism.
2021. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu161675417735823.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Manning, Colin. "Issue Individuation in Public Reason Liberalism." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu161675417735823
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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