Rawls, Political Liberalism and Reasonable Faith

This volume brings together ten of Paul Weithman's papers on John Rawls's liberalism and his defense of reasonable political faith.

List of contents

Works by John Rawls; Introduction; Part I. The Undergraduate Thesis: 1. On John Rawls's A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith; Part II. From Theory to Political Liberalism: 2. John Rawls and the task of political philosophy; 3. Rawlsian liberalism and the privatization of religion: three theological objections considered; 4. Liberalism and the political character of political philosophy; 5. Legitimacy and the project of political liberalism; Part III. Public Reason and its Role: 6. Citizenship and public reason; 7. Inclusivism, stability and assurance; 8. Convergence and political autonomy; Part IV. Rawls, Realism and Reasonable Faith: 9. Law of peoples and Christian realism; 10. Does justice as fairness have a religious aspect?; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Paul Weithman is Glynn Family Honors Collegiate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana.

Summary

For over twenty years, Paul Weithman has explored John Rawls's work to ask how liberalism can secure the allegiance of those Rawls called 'citizens of faith'. Now Weithman has collected ten of his papers, one previously unpublished, in a volume that will interest political philosophers, political theorists and religious ethicists.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Weithman, Paul (University of Notre Dame Weithman, Weithman Paul
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.08.2016
• EAN: 9781107147430
• ISBN: 978-1-107-14743-0
• No. of pages: 270
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