Rawls and Religion

Daniel A. Dombrowski is Professor of Philosophy at Seattle University. He is the author of several books including Kazantzakis and God, also published by SUNY Press, and with Robert Deltete, A Brief, Liberal, Catholic Defense of Abortion.

• Introduction PART ONE. THEORY1. A Brief History2. The Original Position3. The Reasonable and the Rational4. The Ancients and the Moderns5. The Common Good6. Methodological Considerations PART TWO. PRACTICE7. Theory to Practice8. Partially Inclusive Public Reason9. Race, Sex, and Abortion 10. War, Disobedience, and Elections11. Animals and Marginal Cases Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

"Dombrowski shows an impressive grasp of not only Rawls's work, but of what is at stake in the relation between religion and politics as well. He is accurate and thorough with regard to the main ideas and arguments in both Theory of Justice and Political Liberalism. Important issues such as race, gender, abortion, animal welfare, to name a few, are given thoughtful and illuminating attention in a way that logically follows from Rawls's version of liberalism." — Timothy Menta, St. Francis University"This book presents the most comprehensive treatment I have read on Rawls's political liberalism and religious reason and the literature critical of Rawls on this topic." — Harlan Beckley, Washington and Lee University