Measuring Democracy and Justice by Public Reason: Towards a more Just Framework for Social Cooperation in Iran

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HOSSEINI BEHESHTI SEYYED ALIREZA

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Journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES (THE JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES) Year:2020 | Volume:27 | Issue:SUPLIMENT1 Page(s): 48-58

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Measuring Democracy and Justice by Public Reason: Towards a more Just Framework for Social Cooperation in Iran

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John RawlsQ1

Public ReasonQ1

ConstitutionQ2

Deliberative DemocracyQ2

Cultural IdentityQ1

Islamic Republic of IranQ1

Abstract

John Rawls introduced the idea of Public Reason as a precondition of decision-making processes based on justice in a well-ordered society. There are critics, however, who doubted whether the idea is consistent with Deliberative Democracy. While Rawls saw his idea of reasonable overlapping consensus as an outcome of Public Reasoning, his suggested political liberalism seems to be morally too thick to work as the basis of such a consensus in culturally diverse societies. Here, through a critical evaluation of Rawls’ view, I try to use his idea of Public Reason with reference to the brilliant distinction he makes between ‘ the rational’ and ‘ the reasonable’ . I show that it is the latter, which defines the nature of ‘ the political’ , that could be employed for the relationship between different cultural identities of a society, governed by political principles justified by referring to thin or non-moral arguments that in turns allow liberal as well as non-liberal cultural communities to participate ina just framework of social cooperation. Moreover, I argue that this revised interpretation of Rawlsian overlapping consensus can help us in the democratic assessment of Constitutions and revising them in order to become more legitimate to citizens. Using this theoretical framework, and as the Islamic Republic is claimed to represent a religious democracy, I suggest that the criterion of Public Reason can be used in assessing the Constitution of the Islamic Republic and, therefore, highlights the necessary revisions for achieving more basic democratic structures of the Iranian society.

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HOSSEINI BEHESHTI, SEYYED ALIREZA. (2020). Measuring Democracy and Justice by Public Reason: Towards a more Just Framework for Social Cooperation in Iran. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES (THE JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES), 27(SUPLIMENT1 ), 48-58. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/362649/en

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HOSSEINI BEHESHTI SEYYED ALIREZA. Measuring Democracy and Justice by Public Reason: Towards a more Just Framework for Social Cooperation in Iran. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES (THE JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES)[Internet]. 2020;27(SUPLIMENT1 ):48-58. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/362649/en

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SEYYED ALIREZA HOSSEINI BEHESHTI, “Measuring Democracy and Justice by Public Reason: Towards a more Just Framework for Social Cooperation in Iran,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES (THE JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES), vol. 27, no. SUPLIMENT1 , pp. 48–58, 2020, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/362649/en

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