Rainer Forst is Professor of Political Theory and Philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. and the Chairman of the Excellenzkluster 'The Formation of Normative Orders'. He received his doctorate under the supervision of Jürgen Habermas in 1993. He is the author of four books, three of which have been translated into English: Contexts of Justice (2002) , The Right to Justification (2010) and Toleration in Conflict (forthcoming).

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Over the past 15 years, Rainer Forst has developed a fundamental research programme within the tradition of Frankfurt School Critical Theory. The core of this programme is a moral account of the basic right of justification that humans owe to one another as rational beings. This account is put to work by Forst in articulating - both historically and philosophically - the contexts and form of justice and of toleration. The result is a powerful theoretical framework within which to address issues such as transnational justice and multicultural toleration. In this volume, Forst sets out his ideas in an extended essay, which is responded to be influential interlocutors including: Andrea Sangiovanni, Amy Allen, Kevin Olson, Anthony Laden, Eva Erman and Simon Caney. The volume concludes with Forst's response to his interlocutors.

Introduction
Part One: Lead Essay
1. Justice, Democracy and the Right to Justification: Two Pictures of Justice
Rainer Forst
Part Two: Responses
2. Scottish Constructivism and the Right to Justification
Andrea Sangiovanni
3. The Power of Justification
Amy Allen
4. Complexities of Political Discourse
Kevin Olson
5. The Practice of Equality
Anthony Simon Laden
6. The Boundary Problem and the Right to Justification
Eva Erman
7. Justice and the Basic Right to Justification
Simon Caney
Part Three: Response by Rainer Forst
Bibliography
Index
Index