Compromise, Peace and Public Justification: Political Morality Beyond Justice

Wendt, Fabian

This book explores the morality of compromising. The author argues that peace and public justification are values that provide moral reasons to make compromises in politics, including compromises that establish unjust laws or institutions. He explains how it is possible to have moral reasons to agree to moral compromises and he debates our moral duties and obligations in making such compromises. The book also contains discussions of the sources of the value of public justification, the relation between peace and justice, the nature of modus vivendi arrangements and the connections between compromise, liberal institutions and legitimacy. In exploring the morality of compromising, the book thus provides some outlines for a map of political morality beyond justice.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2016-07-21

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783319288765

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-28877-2

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 286