1993: Political Liberalism
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1993: Political Liberalism is John Rawls’s major philosophical work that revises and extends his theory of justice to address the stability and legitimacy of a pluralistic democratic society.
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| Political Liberalism | 42 | 0 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work → |
| addresses |
the fact of reasonable pluralism in modern democracies
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the problem of stability in a well‑ordered society → |
| arguesThat |
a stable and just society must be acceptable to citizens holding diverse comprehensive doctrines
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legitimacy requires that the exercise of political power be justifiable to all citizens as free and equal → political principles of justice should be freestanding from comprehensive moral or religious doctrines → |
| author | John Rawls → |
| centralQuestion | How can a just and stable society of free and equal citizens endure over time despite deep moral and religious disagreement? → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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United States
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| extendsTheory | justice as fairness → |
| focusesOn |
legitimacy of political power in a democratic society
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stability of a just society under conditions of reasonable pluralism → |
| follows | A Theory of Justice → |
| genre | non-fiction → |
| hasEdition | expanded edition with new introduction and essays → |
| hasPart |
account of public reason and its limits
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discussion of the role of constitutional essentials and basic justice → idea of an overlapping consensus of reasonable comprehensive doctrines → |
| influenced |
contemporary liberal political theory
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debates on public reason → theory of constitutional democracy → |
| introducesConcept |
overlapping consensus
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political, not metaphysical liberalism → public reason → reasonable pluralism → |
| isRevisionOf | A Theory of Justice → |
| language | English → |
| mainSubject |
constitutional democracy
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justice → liberalism → pluralism → political legitimacy → political philosophy → public reason → stability of political systems → |
| philosophicalTradition |
analytic philosophy
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liberal egalitarianism → |
| publicationYear | 1993 → |
| publisher | Columbia University Press → |
| relatedWork |
Justice as Fairness: A Restatement
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The Law of Peoples → |
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