Conciliatory Democracy

Martin Ebeling holds a PhD in Philosophy from Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. His research interests include moral and political philosophy, epistemology, the history of philosophy and political science. His articles have appeared in Political Theory and Zeitschrift für Politische Theorie. Besides his academic pursuits, Martin Ebeling worked for the United Nations Development Programme, in the European Parliament, and the European Academy Berlin.

• Acknowledgments.- Editorial Note.- List of Abbreviations.- List of Figures and Tables.- Introduction.- Ch. 1 – Rousseau’s Insight.- Ch. 2 – Deliberative Democracy and the Normative Authority of Citizens.- Ch. 3 – The Epistemic Authority of Citizens.- Ch. 4 – The Epistemology of Political Disagreement.- Ch. 5 – Conciliatory Democracy.- Bibliography.