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John Dewey Essays in Philosophy #4: Political Liberalism

by John Rawls

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In Political Liberalism John Rawls continues and revises the idea of justice as fairness he presented in A Theory of Justice, but changes its philosophical interpretation in a fundamental way. His earlier work assumed what Rawls calls a well-ordered society, one that is stable, relatively homogenous in its basic moral beliefs, and in which there is broad agreement about what constitutes the good life.

Yet in modern democratic society a plurality of incompatible and irreconcilable doctrines--religious, philosophical, and moral--coexist within the framework of democratic institutions. Indeed, free institutions themselves encourage this plurality of doctrines as the normal outgrowth of freedom over time. Recognizing this as a permanent condition of democracy, Rawls therefore asks, how can a stable and just society of free and equal citizens live in concord when deeply divided by these reasonable, but incompatible, doctrines?

His answer is based on a redefinition of a well-ordered society. It is no longer a society united in its basic moral beliefs but in its political conception of justice, and this justice is the focus of an overlapping consensus of reasonable comprehensive doctrines. Justice as fairness can be now presented as an example of such a political conception; that it can be the focus of an overlapping consensus meanest that it can be endorsed by the main religious, philosophical, and moral doctrines that endure over time in a well-ordered society.

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This monograph questions how a stable society can continue to exist when deeply divided by incompatible religious and moral beliefs. The author's solution is to change the very conception of society, from one united by moral beliefs to one united in its political conception of justice.

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ISBN:
9780231052498
Author:
Rawls, John
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Political
Subject:
History & Theory
Subject:
Government and political science
Subject:
Political Parties
Subject:
Liberalism
Subject:
Justice
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Political stability
Subject:
History & Theory - General
Subject:
Political Process - Political Parties
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series:
John Dewey Essays in Philosophy
Series Volume:
1922no. 4
Publication Date:
March 1995
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
464
Dimensions:
8.93x6.02x1.24 in. 1.58 lbs.

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