Wolterstorff

Arguably, were a citizen to find a position such as Wolterstorff's persuasive, then he should appeal to those considerations that he actually believes to further the cause of justice and the common good.

Religion and Political Theory Eberle, Chris 2008

Indeed, even critics of the standard view who affirm liberal democracy on religious grounds, such as Wolterstorff, grant that liberal democracy is secular in Stout's second, pluralistic sense.

Religion and Political Theory Eberle, Chris 2008

Along the way, Wolterstorff critiques the notion that rights talk is an offshoot of modern individualism.

Ritam = justice Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

In practice, the weight of the entire theory threatens to undermine its political purpose. 31 Other notable “restrictionists,” such as Richard Rorty, show evidence of expansive moves under the philosophical pressure of recent work in epistemology (Rorty 2003; Wolterstorff 2003).

Matthew Yglesias » Before There Was Early Rawls… 2007

Drawing on the work of historians Brian Tierney and John Witte, Jr., Wolterstorff argues that the “conception of justice as inherent rights was not born in the fourteenth century or the seventeenth century.”

Ritam = justice Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

Well, I think you may be right about the Whiggish spin in Wolterstorff, but how does one avoid spinning out of control, as it were?

Archive 2009-03-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

By linking inherent rights to God, Wolterstorff is confronting widespread skepticism about theistic groundings of justice...

Human worth - equal or hierarchical? Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

Even Wolterstorff seems to be taken aback by the extravagance of “impossible” and adds: “to speak more cautiously: given that, after many attempts, no one has succeeded in developing such an account, it seems unlikely that it can be done.”

Sri Aurobindo’s emphasis on federation Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

Even Wolterstorff seems to be taken aback by the extravagance of “impossible” and adds: “to speak more cautiously: given that, after many attempts, no one has succeeded in developing such an account, it seems unlikely that it can be done.”

Justice - tariff varying with place, time, and person Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

Wolterstorff also takes on those philosophers who would ground their accounts of justice in the classical Greek and Roman descriptions of the well-lived life.

Ritam = justice Tusar N Mohapatra 2009