Rawls, political liberalism and reasonable faith / Paul Weithman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weithman, Paul J., 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rawls, John, 1921-2002.

Rawls, John.

Rawls, John, 1921-2002. Brief inquiry into the meaning of sin and faith.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Religion and politics.

Liberalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 255 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Summary:

For over twenty years, Paul Weithman has explored the thought of John Rawls to ask how liberalism can secure the principled allegiance of those people whom Rawls called 'citizens of faith'. This volume brings together ten of his major essays (including one new unpublished essay), which reflect on the task and political character of political philosophy, the ways in which liberalism does and does not privatize religion, the role of liberal legitimacy in Rawls's theory, and the requirements of public reason. The essays reveal Rawls as a thinker deeply engaged with political and existential questions that trouble citizens of faith, and explore how - in firm opposition to political realism - he tries to show that the possibility of liberal democracy and the natural goodness of humanity are objects of reasonable faith. The volume will be of interest to political philosophers, political theorists, moral theologians, and religious ethicists.

Contents:

The undergraduate thesis

On John Rawls's a brief inquiry into the meaning of sin and faith

From theory to political liberalism

John Rawls and the task of political philosophy

Rawlsian liberalism and the privatization of religion: three theological objections considered

Liberalism and the political character of political philosophy

Legitimacy and the project of political liberalism

Public reason and its role

Citizenship and public reason

Inclusivism, stability, and assurance

Convergence and political autonomy

Rawls, realism, and reasonable faith

Law of peoples and Christian realism

Does justice as fairness have a religious aspect?

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Aug 2016).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-78947-0

1-316-79235-8

1-316-79283-8

1-316-79331-1

1-316-79379-6

1-316-79523-3

1-316-55164-4