Title: From the Moral to the Political: The Question of Political Legitimacy in Non-Western Societies
Lecturer: David M. Rasmussen (Professor of political philosophy, Boston College)
Chairperson: LIU Qing (Professor of political philosophy, East China Normal University)
Date: 2 pm, March 24th, 2016 (Thursday)
Venue: Room 5303, Building of School of Humanities, Minhang Campus, ECNU
Sponsor: Si-mian Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities, ECNU
Abstract of the Lecture:
This lecture takes up the question of political legitimacy in non-Western societies by focusing first on the movement in the work of the American philosopher John Rawls from moral justification to political legitimacy. Second, the lecture reframes the argument for political liberalism from one that is shaped by western developments to one that is open to any reasonable adaptation to modernity. Third, the lecture will address the question, how the orientation toward political legitimacy in political liberalism can be adapted to civic values implicit in Asian cultures.
Brief Introduction of the Lecturer:
David M. Rasmussen is a longtime professor of political philosophy at Boston College. He is the founder of the journal Philosophy and Social Criticism, associate editor of the new Journal of the American Philosophical Association, and the author and editor of numerous books and articles on Jurgen Habermas, Paul Ricoeur and John Rawls. He is currently finishing a book on the later work of John Rawls.