Idea of a Political Liberalism

Victoria Davion is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Georgia.Clark Wolf is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Georgia.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: From Comprehensive Justice to Political LiberalismPart 2 I Reasonable versus Simple Pluralism and the Legitimacy of the StateChapter 3 1. John Rawls and the Political Coercion of Unreasonable PeopleChapter 4 2. Rawls and ReligionChapter 5 3. Rawl's Neglected Childhood: Reflections on the Original Position, Stability, andf the Child's Sense of JusticePart 6 II Political Liberalism and International JusticeChapter 7 4. Justice, Legitimacy, and Human RightsChapter 8 5. Egalitarianism and a Global Resources Tax: Pogge on RawlsPart 9 III Morality and Political LiberalismChapter 10 6. Fundamental Rights, Reasonable Pluralism, and the Moral Commitments of LiberalismChapter 11 7. Reflective Equilibrium and Justice as PoliticalPart 12 IV Economics and EntitlementsChapter 13 8. Economic LibertiesChapter 14 9. Individual Entitlements in Justice as FairnessPart 15 V Modus Vivendi?Chapter 16 10. "Not a Mere Modus Vivendi": The Bases for Allegiance to the Just StateChapter 17 11. A Good Word for a Modus VivendiChapter 18 12. A Mere Modus Vivendi?Part 19 VI Justice, Rationalities, and DesiresChapter 20 13. Rawls versus Utilitarianism in the Light of Political LiberalismChapter 21 14. Justice Beyond Desires?Chapter 22 IndexChapter 23 About the Contributors

This is a fine volume, with essays of consistently high quality, an unique in its focus on the 'recent' Rawls of Political Liberalism.