A. Fives 
Political Reason 
Morality and the Public Sphere

In modern democracies, existing moral pluralism conflicts with a commitment to resolve political disputes by way of moral reasoning. Given this fact, how can there be moral resolutions to political disputes and what type of reasoning is appropriate in the public sphere? Fives explores this by closely analysing the work of Mac Intyre and Rawls.

Table of Content

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction – Political Reason After the Enlightenment Reason and Tradition Reason and Faith Agonism Reasonableness Civic Education for Democracy Global Distributive Justice Conclusions Bibliography Index

About the author

DR ALLYN FIVES currently teaches on Political Theory and Research Ethics at the National University of Ireland in Galway. He holds PHD in Political Theory from the University of Edinburgh.