Ricardo Blaug is Lecturer in the Department of Politics at the University of Leeds.
Introduction
p. ix
Theory and Practice
The Theory of Discourse Ethics
p. 3
Habermas on justification
Dilemmas upon application
Theory with a Practical Intent
p. 19
The relation of theory to practice
Aristotle's distinction between techne and phronesis
Practical intentions
From the Ideal to the Real
The Affirmative Uses of Theory
p. 35
As an interpretative tool--Cultural criticism
As an empirical tool--Critical sociological research
As a test for legitimacy--Democratic political theory
Sum of affirmative uses of theory and attendant problems
Methodological Problems and the Limits to Theory
p. 59
The distinction between morality and ethics
Institutional design as a category mistake
Dryzek's attempt to overcome the limits
Formulating the limits to theory
Concerning judgment
The Nature of Political Judgment
Habermasian Difficulties with Judgment
p. 85
Justification and application
Critiques of the Habermasian account of judgment
The reflective turn
Discursive Phronesis with a Cognitivist Core
p. 107
How do we evaluate fairness?
Judgments that preserve fairness
Real Participation
Changing the Object Domain of Application
p. 131
Democracy from the theorist's perspective
Democracy from the participant's perspective
Toward a Democratic Politics
p. 141
Judgments regarding the redemption of trade-offs
More problems for participants
Conclusion
Notes
p. 159
Bibliography
p. 207
Index
p. 225
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