Legitimacy: the Treasure of Politics

Tage Kurtén is professor in Theological Ethics and Philosophy of Religion at Åbo Academy University (Finland). His main fields of study have been ordinary life-views, ethics and law and philosophical presuppositions of theology as well as Christian ethics.Lars Hertzberg is professor emeritus in Philosophy at Åbo Academy University. He has done work on the philosophy of language, philosophical psychology, moral philosophy and Ludwig Wittgenstein.

• Contents: T. Kurtén: Introduction – L. Hertzberg: Legitimacy and the Political Community – O. Lagerspetz: Peter Winch on Political Legitimacy – T. Kurtén/V. Päivänsalo: Legitimacy, Trust and Religion in a Nordic Perspective – P. Slotte/M. Scheinin: Captain, Fire Brigade or Icebreaker? Political Legitimacy as a Rationale in Human Rights Adjudication – M. Lindfelt: Legitimacy, Constitutionalism and European Integration – J. Molander: Reconciliation, Transitional Justice and the Legitimacy of the State – H. Jokinen: The Quest for Legitimacy in Conflict Resolution through Restorative Justice – L. Kanckos/M. Björkgren: Legitimacy Challenges in Gender Politics - Challenges to Political Legitimacy in Parliamentary Debates Concerning LGBT Rights, Assisted Reproduction and Domestic Violence.