TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘A jewish and democratic state’
T2 - Present navigation in the map of interpretations
AU - Kasher, Asa
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - This article discusses the Israeli constitutional phrase ‘A Jewish and Democratic State‘. It presents the map of different interpretations of the phrase and proposes a method of navigating among them. Then, one interpretation of the phrase is defended in contrast with all the other ones, which are rejected. This is the interpretation according to which there is no inconsistency in the depiction of a state as being both a nation-state and a democracy. The defense rests on a philosophical analysis of the notion of ‘a Jewish State’ and a Rawlsian conception of democracy.
AB - This article discusses the Israeli constitutional phrase ‘A Jewish and Democratic State‘. It presents the map of different interpretations of the phrase and proposes a method of navigating among them. Then, one interpretation of the phrase is defended in contrast with all the other ones, which are rejected. This is the interpretation according to which there is no inconsistency in the depiction of a state as being both a nation-state and a democracy. The defense rests on a philosophical analysis of the notion of ‘a Jewish State’ and a Rawlsian conception of democracy.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85066211794&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1353712042000324508
DO - 10.1080/1353712042000324508
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AN - SCOPUS:85066211794
SN - 1522-6514
VL - 21
SP - 165
EP - 182
JO - International Journal of Phytoremediation
JF - International Journal of Phytoremediation
IS - 1
ER -