The role of public reason in Rawls’s theory of justice

Vol 10, No 1 (2009) • Filosofia Unisinos - Unisinos Journal of Philosophy

Autor: Denis Coitinho Silveira

Resumo:

This article discusses the role of public reason in John Rawls’s theory of justice in Political liberalismThe idea of public reason revisited and Justice as fairness: A restatement, with a view to identifying a pragmatic justification in the theory of justice as fairness.

ISSN: ISSN: 1984-8234

Texto Completo: http://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/filosofia/article/view/5005

Palavras-Chave: public reason, pragmatic justification,theory

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