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Responses to Critics

Responses to Critics Daniel A. Dombrowski / Seattle University t is my good fortune to have three critics to respond to who are both in- sightful readers of two of my books and productive dialectical partners Iin the (Peircian) asymptotic approach to truth. I. Wagoner and Radical Democracy I would like to initiate my response to Zandra Wagoner by thanking her for her clear and insightful comments and for the opportunity to clarify the relation- ship between the political liberalism that I defend and Wagoner’s own radi- cal democracy. My comments will be divided into two main sections, dealing respectively with: (1) the different emphases in political philosophy that she notices in her own version of radical democracy and my political liberalism; and (2) the complicated issue of religious participation in politics. 1. Different Emphases. (a) Although Wagoner seems at home with a broadly liberal political framework, she is concerned that political liberalism is a bit too tame. Given some uses of the term “liberalism,” I understand her concern. But I claim that the sort of political philosophy that emerges not only from Rawls’s later writings, but also from the decision-making procedure found in the original position, is a type of radical http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Theology & Philosophy University of Illinois Press

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Daniel A. Dombrowski / Seattle University t is my good fortune to have three critics to respond to who are both in- sightful readers of two of my books and productive dialectical partners Iin the (Peircian) asymptotic approach to truth. I. Wagoner and Radical Democracy I would like to initiate my response to Zandra Wagoner by thanking her for her clear and insightful comments and for the opportunity to clarify the relation- ship between the political liberalism that I defend and Wagoner’s own radi- cal democracy. My comments will be divided into two main sections, dealing respectively with: (1) the different emphases in political philosophy that she notices in her own version of radical democracy and my political liberalism; and (2) the complicated issue of religious participation in politics. 1. Different Emphases. (a) Although Wagoner seems at home with a broadly liberal political framework, she is concerned that political liberalism is a bit too tame. Given some uses of the term “liberalism,” I understand her concern. But I claim that the sort of political philosophy that emerges not only from Rawls’s later writings, but also from the decision-making procedure found in the original position, is a type of radical

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Published: Sep 26, 2010

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