... individuals to fulfil their duty to pursue the truth. In this article I draw on John Rawls’ conception of political liberalism to suggest that the epistemic criterion is an inappropriate basis for the political community’s shaping of children’s beliefs. political liberalism education policy John Rawls...

... of a state’s authority. This article interrogates that line of attack. It explores its roots in political theory, particularly the idea that those guilty of it (such as Aileen Kavanagh) follow in John Rawls’s supposed prioritisation of justice over legitimacy. And it turns to republican and later-Rawlsian...

... ), by incorporating Rawls’ notion of reasonableness. The second issue with Kogelmann's polycentric model concerns the possibility of exit. Citizens in the polycentric model may find that, even within their subcommunities, they cannot fully endorse the public conception of justice or its...

...Caroline Paddock How can a liberal society ensure that the political virtues needed for stability are formed in each new generation of citizens? In Political liberalism (2005, expanded edition), Rawls admits that the survival of liberal democracy from generation to generation depends...

... This article critically examines the role of the neoclassical model of the market within Rawlsian liberalism. Although Rawls claims agnosticism towards particular economic theories, I show how the neoclassical model anchors Rawls’s approach of transmuting distributive efficiency into distributive justice...

...Brian Kogelmann 02 12 2016 The idea of the well-ordered society is continually appealed to at different points throughout Rawls’ expansive published career. Though always fundamentally the same, definitions of the well-ordered society are pitched at different levels of detail given Rawls...

... the promisee. In Section II, I offer an alternative interpretation of conventionalism. Rawls introduced the PFP as a development of H.L.A. Hart's view and my alternative interpretation develops Hart's view in a different way. According to this alternative, we should not immediately appeal to the PFP to ground...

... is that the system includes all those institutions that are responsible, under prevailing conditions, for securing background justice and establishing fair terms of cooperation. If there is a circularity here, Rawls does not seem troubled by it. Given the grotesque economic inequalities that prevail in the United...

...Thomas S. Huddle medical ethics professionalism Rawls social justice Although the ethics of medical practice exhibit continuity with the past, they also change as societies change. This is especially evident in the United States and Europe in the past 50...

... , 131) This is an interesting observation because it highlights the need for spelling out what “this reason” is. Rawls says that the relevant capacity for determining what is good in life is dependent on the possession of a rational life plan ( Rawls, 1999 , 358). But if a guardian chooses on behalf...

... republican history of thought. France secularism Rawls republicanism Laïcité, or constitutional secularism, is the cornerstone of the State–religion relationship in modern France, in both law and political discourse. The term—which emerged as a late 19th century neologism ¹ —refers...

... question about human persons, “What are we?” In this essay, I investigate the significance of this construal for questions about the metaphysical, moral, and political status of the human embryo. abortion embryo incarnate reason John Rawls Christians are called to be in, but not of, the world (John 17...

.... However strong the consensus may be on this matter, this article explores whether this view can be plausibly defended on liberal principles by examining it in light of one particularly well worked-out liberal political theory, that of Rawls. It concludes that because of the extremely high priority Rawls...

... to sustain tolerance in moral decision making. The weakness of Rawls’s model centers on the reasonable priority of convictions that arise from private comprehensive doctrines. To attain a free and pluralistic society, people need resources sufficient to provide reasons to tolerate actions...

... steps. The first part of this article considers the engagement of John Finnis and Robert P. George with John Rawls over the nature of public reason. The second part moves to the question of religion by look- ing at the engagement of Nicholas Wolterstorff with Rawls, Robert Audi...

... of the controversies over public reason and religion through four distinct steps. The first part of this article considers the engagement of John Finnis and Robert P. George with John Rawls over the nature of public reason. The second part moves to the question of religion by looking at the engagement of Nicholas...

...Glenn Gentry John Rawls political theory toleration Address correspondence to Glenn Gentry, Ph.D., Columbia International University, P.O. Box 3122, Columbia, SC 29230, USA. E-mail: [email protected] © Taylor & Francis Group, LIC 2007 Abstract While most people may initially agree...

... Position? HumanR. DiSilvestro Embryos RUSSELL DISILVESTRO Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA Two different discussions in John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice lead naturally to a rather conservative position on the moral status...

... & Francis, Inc. 2005 Abstract This article critically evaluates John Rawls' theory of justice from a naturalistic perspective. The naturalistic approach is increasingly advocated in contemporary epistemology, philosophy of science, and philosophy of logic. Recently this approach has also become more...

... ethics education. Drawing on the recent work of John Rawls, I also show the centrality of philosophy in medical ethics by illustrating how contemporary philosophy can be used to construct an ethical framework for the medical professions. Keywords: applied ethics, constructivism, education, medical...