In Sensible Judgement

Opening with the landmark Mabo High Court case in Australia and with detailed reference to other significant debates of judgement of the twentieth century Max Deutscher seeks to explore and explain approaches to the concepts of what is good, right and legal. Describing a connection between reason and grounds intrinsic to judgement he analyses and explores the tendency towards absolutism that displaces proper judgement.

Max Deutscher is Emeritus Professor and Honorary Research Associate at Macquarie University, Australia and Honorary Professor of Philosophy at The University of Queensland, Australia. In his work on personal and political judgment, memory and thinking, he uses the resources of European philosophy from Kant to Derrida while continuing to draw upon varied traditions of analytical philosophy.

Introduction; Part I Achieving Judgement; Chapter 1 In Sensible Judgement; Chapter 2 Deemed and Sentenced; Chapter 3 Dissenting Judgement; Part II Making Judgements; Chapter 4 Judging as Right; Chapter 5 Living on the Premises; Chapter 6 Inferring, Judging, Arguing; Part III Questioning Critique; Chapter 7 Sting of Reason; Chapter 8 Mystique of Critique; Chapter 9 Enigma Absolute; Part IV Moving Establishment; Chapter 10 Nomadic Judgement; Chapter 11 Chasing After Modernity; Chapter 12 When to Forget;