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From Legitimacy To The Turn Of Rationality

Posted on:2012-04-19Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:S SongFull Text:PDF
GTID:2206330335958478Subject:Marxist philosophy
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In the Western political philosophy, the legitimacy problem is a common problem. In ancient societies, the King borrowed view of divine right of kings to maintain and consolidate its dominant position, but inmodernsociety, the famous political philosopher Thomas Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and others have used the social contract theory to explain the political point of view Legitimacy of that great Leviathan Hobbes to protect people's safety, the end state of war between people, the legitimacy of his theory for the authoritarian regime in large part to defend the legality; Locke also believes that At this point the government is playing the role of the referee who strongly oppose the authoritarian political system, and give people a right to resist unlawful acts; Rousseau believes that the basis for the legitimacy of political power is a valid contract, and the introduction of the concept of the public will As the standard measure of political legitimacy, and further that the people of a country's sovereignty and political power to implement the rule of law, the legality of it has, of course, the typical political theory and political philosophy in the history of great research value. In modern society, the legitimacy problem has been a consensus, people pay more attention to the rationality of the political we Rawls, Habermas and rationality from the concept of procedures done on a more detailed explanation. Rolls for the modern society, employers present situation of the existing social system in order better td need a fair and just procedures to complete, he is in a hypothetical original state and under the veil of ignorance blinded to raise this Theory, to improve the Western capitalist system have a certain role in the promotion; Habermas theory of social interaction as a starting point, claims people, especially people and nations should adopt an equal dialogue in mutual understanding, to achieve reunification In order to better maintenance of social cohesion and unity. This paper described above, so that the reader has a clear legal definition of rationality.
Keywords/Search Tags:Legitimacy, Social contract, Rationality, Procedural
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