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Finally a thoughtful post. Thank you Jan. I will definitely have to think about it so I won’t proffer any hasty solutions.
Best,
Eskandar
Jan Straathof <janstr@mail.wirehub.nl> wrote:
Jan Straathof <janstr@mail.wirehub.nl> wrote:
Nice post Eskandar, it made me think about John Rawls’ idea of the
overlapping consensus. Conflicting parties, he proposes, should not
focus on and play out their differences, but do the opposite, i.e. look
for those moral and political ideas that they share and are willing to
defend as universal. A fruitful moral discussion is only then possible
when a background of moral unanimity is found and accepted. From
such an instance of a partially overlapping consensus the parties can
work through higher stages of agreement, optimalizing decisions
and
reach mutually acceptable solutions. The questions at hand here are
on what (philosophical, religious, cultural, economical etc.) fields,
where the Israelis and the Palestinians or Iran and the U.S. share the
same moral and political interests, can we find initiatives for the
development of an overlapping consensus ? Any ideas ?
yours.
Jan
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