Morality and Social Criticism The Force of

This book brings recent developments in Anglo-American philosophy into engagement with dominant currents in contemporary European social theory in order to articulate a pragmatic account of moral criticism. Presented in a lively and accessible style that avoids technical jargon, Morality and Social Criticism argues that the objectivity of moral discourse can be preserved without recourse to the overweening philosophical ambitions of the Enlightenment.

Richard Amesbury is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Valdosta State University, Georgia.

Introduction	viii
1 Solidarity and Dissent: Rorty and the "Consequences of Pragmatism"	1	(19)
2 The Force of Reasons: Habermas on Norms and Justification	20	(26)
3 Norms, Interpretation, and Decision-Making: Derrida on Justice	46	(19)
4 Norms and Normativity: Between Regulism and Regularism	65	(21)
5 "In the Beginning was the Deed": The Ungrounded Grounds of Rational Criticism	86	(31)
6 Agreeing to Disagree: Toward a More Capacious Conception of Tradition	117	(23)
7 The Return of Objectivity: Realism without (Rampant) Platonism	140	(26)
Postscript Doing Justice: Criticism and Philosophy	166	(8)
Notes	174	(36)
Index	210

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