Introduction
Constitutional patriotism is a political theory that seeks to provide an explanation for the sense of ownership that most individuals have toward their national constitutional system. Specifically, constitutional patriotism assumes that free-thinking individuals involved in a discussion over the common good will reach an agreement that is perceived, at least by those involved in the debate, as having normative value. The awareness that such a deliberative process has historically been a part of the constitutional system also induces a sense of ownership of past historical accommodations of constitutional principles. The shared perception of being part of historically grounded institutions within a deliberative democracy is sometimes called the “normative surplus effect” or “normative spill-over effect” of the deliberative process. The theory, in its current form, was proposed by Jürgen Habermas and Jan-Werner Müller.
Debates over the common good might take place informally...
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Breda, V. (2017). Constitutional Patriotism. In: Sellers, M., Kirste, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6730-0_221-1
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