Author: Richardson, Henry S.
Title: Democratic Autonomy: Public Reasoning About the Ends of Policy
Description: Oxford / New York, Oxford University Press, 2002. orig.boards. 24x15cm, xii,316 pp. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Why Public Reasoning? Freedom & Legitimacy; Three Conceptions of Nonarbitrariness; The Case for a Qualified Populism; Democratic Rule Must Be Reasoned; Equality in a Deliberative Democracy; The Nature of Public Reasoning: Types of Practical Reasoning; The Naiveté of Agency Instrumentalism; The Stupidity of the Cost-Benefit Standard; Truth & Delegated Deliberation; Deep Compromise; Forging Joint Intentions & Shared Ends; Instituting Public Reasoning: The Public; Representative Government; Majority Rule as a Closure Device; Democratic Rulemaking; The Democratic Treatment of Risk; Conclusion.

Keywords: Political Philosophy, Democracy, Representative, Government, Politics, Representation, , ,