Research article
The Culture of Justification and Public Reason: Comments on the Motion of Members of the Polish Parliament to the Constitutional Tribunal
Kultura uzasadniania i rozum publiczny: Komentarz do wniosku posłów polskiego parlamentu do Trybunału Konstytucyjnego
Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, nr 2(20)/2019, s. 29-38
Polish
Translated abstract
Celem artykułu jest wykazanie, że koncepcja kultury uzasadniania oraz idea rozumu publicznego znajdują swoje efektywne zastosowanie w argumentacji prawniczej. Zarazem, koncepcja kultury uzasadniania, sformułowana przez Davida Dyzenhausa, stanowi interesujący głos w dyskusji nad tym, w jaki sposób określać granice wykonywania władzy publicznej. W artykule argumentuje się że, w oparciu o test rozumnego sceptyka Rona den Ottera, kultura uzasadniania staje się skutecznym politycznym i moralnym narzędziem ograniczającym wykonywanie władzy publicznej wtedy, gdy rozumiana jest oraz wyjaśniana w kategoriach publicznego rozumu.
Translated keywords
- kultura władzy
- kultura uzasadniania
- rozum publiczny
- test rozumnego sceptyka
English
Abstract
The aim of the paper is to demonstrate how the culture of justification and the public reason can serve as legitimacy device in legal justifications. The idea of the culture of justification, proposed by David Dyzenhaus, makes an interesting contribution to the discussion on how to make headway with the problem of determining the limits of public authority. Applying Ron den Otter’ test of a reasonable sceptic, the author argues that the culture of justification becomes a good political and moral tool for limiting the exercise of public authority, if such a culture is understood and explained in light of the idea of public reason.
Keywords
- culture of authority
- culture of justification
- public reason
- test of a reasonable sceptic
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Issue nr 2(20)/2019
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Format AFPiFS
M. Smolak, The Culture of Justification and Public Reason: Comments on the Motion of Members of the Polish Parliament to the Constitutional Tribunal, „Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej” nr 2(20)/2019, s. 29–38, DOI: 10.36280/afpifs.2019.2.29
ACM
[1] Marek Smolak. 2019. The Culture of Justification and Public Reason: Comments on the Motion of Members of the Polish Parliament to the Constitutional Tribunal. AFPiFS 2(20) (2019), 29–38. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2019.2.29
ACS
(1) Smolak, M. The Culture of Justification and Public Reason: Comments on the Motion of Members of the Polish Parliament to the Constitutional Tribunal. AFPiFS 2019, No. 2(20), 29–38. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2019.2.29.
APA
Smolak, M. (2019). The Culture of Justification and Public Reason: Comments on the Motion of Members of the Polish Parliament to the Constitutional Tribunal. Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, 2(20), 29–38. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2019.2.29
ABNT
SMOLAK, Marek. The Culture of Justification and Public Reason: Comments on the Motion of Members of the Polish Parliament to the Constitutional Tribunal. Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, n. 2(20), p. 29–38, 2019.
Chicago
Smolak, Marek. “The Culture of Justification and Public Reason: Comments on the Motion of Members of the Polish Parliament to the Constitutional Tribunal.” Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, no. 2(20) (2019): 29–38. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2019.2.29.
Harvard
Smolak, M. (2019) “The Culture of Justification and Public Reason: Comments on the Motion of Members of the Polish Parliament to the Constitutional Tribunal,” Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, 2(20), pp. 29–38. Available at: https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2019.2.29.
IEEE
[1] M. Smolak, “The Culture of Justification and Public Reason: Comments on the Motion of Members of the Polish Parliament to the Constitutional Tribunal,” AFPiFS, no. 2(20), pp. 29–38, 2019, doi: 10.36280/afpifs.2019.2.29.
MLA
Smolak, Marek. “The Culture of Justification and Public Reason: Comments on the Motion of Members of the Polish Parliament to the Constitutional Tribunal.” Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, no. 2(20), 2019, pp. 29–38, https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2019.2.29.
Turabian
Smolak, Marek. “The Culture of Justification and Public Reason: Comments on the Motion of Members of the Polish Parliament to the Constitutional Tribunal.” Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, no. 2(20) (2019): 29–38. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2019.2.29.
Vancouver
1. Smolak M. The Culture of Justification and Public Reason: Comments on the Motion of Members of the Polish Parliament to the Constitutional Tribunal. AFPiFS. 2019;2(20):29–38. doi:10.36280/afpifs.2019.2.29
OSCOLA
Marek Smolak, ‘The Culture of Justification and Public Reason: Comments on the Motion of Members of the Polish Parliament to the Constitutional Tribunal’ (2019) 2(20) AFPiFS 29 <https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2019.2.29>.