A habitual disposition to the good’
On reason, virtue and realism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13006321 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adrian Pabst (0000-0002-3153-1598, University of Kent, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 261-279 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Discourse (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2043-7897 • E-ISSN: 2326-9995 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23269995.2015.1013385 |
| OpenAlex | W2137172434 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 36 |
Amidst the crisis of instrumental reason, a number of contemporary political philosophers including Jürgen Habermas have sought to rescue the project of a reasonable humanism from the twin threats of religious fundamentalism and secular naturalism. In his recent work, Habermas defends a post-metaphysical politics that aims to protect rationality against encroachment while also accommodating religious faith within the public sphere. This paper contends that Habermas’ post-metaphysical project fails to provide a robust alternative either to the double challenge of secular naturalism and religious fundamentalism or to the ruthless instrumentalism that underpins capitalism. By contrast with Habermas and also with the ‘new realism’ of contemporary political philosophers such as Raymond Geuss or Bernard Williams, realism in the tradition of Plato and Aristotle can defend reason against instrumental rationality and blind belief by integrating it with habit, feeling and even faith. Such metaphysical–political realism can help develop a politics of virtue that goes beyond communitarian thinking by emphasising plural modes of association (not merely ‘community’), substantive ties of sympathy and the importance of pursuing goodness and mutual flourishing
Disenchantment · Epistemology · Faith · Fundamentalism · Instrumentalism · Metaphysics · Naturalism · Political science · Politics · Rationality · Realism · Sociology · Virtue · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Religion and Society Interactions
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A Secular Age
The Theological Origins of Modernity
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Homo Sacer
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Technik und Wissenschaft als ?Ideologie
An Awareness of What Is Missing
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Religion in the Public Sphere
The secularism of post-secularity
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Plato's Political Philosophy
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The Origin and Goal of History (Routledge Revivals)
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |