Natural Law and Public Reason pdf

罗伯特 P. 乔治是麦考密克法学教授和詹姆斯麦迪逊美国理想与制度项目主任。 他曾担任美国国际宗教自由委员会 (USCIRF) 主席，在此之前担任总统生物伦理委员会主席和美国民权委员会总统任命人。 他还曾担任美国 联合国教科文组织世界科学知识与技术伦理委员会（COMEST）成员。 他是美国最高法院的前司法研究员，并获得了 Tom C. Clark 大法官奖。 他毕业于斯沃斯莫尔学院，拥有法学博士学位。 和 M.T.S. 哈佛大学学位和 D.Phil.、B.C.L.、D.C.L. 和 D.Litt 学位。 来自牛津大学。 他曾是哈佛法学院的客座教授，也是外交关系委员会的成员。

Natural Law and Public Reason pdf 罗伯特·彼得·乔治

"Public reason" is one of the central concepts in modern liberal political theory. As articulated by John Rawls, it presents a way to overcome the difficulties created by intractable differences among citizens' religious and moral beliefs by strictly confining the place of such convictions in the public sphere. Identifying this conception as a key point of conflict, this book presents a debate among contemporary natural law and liberal political theorists on the definition and validity of the idea of public reason. Its distinguished contributors examine the consequences of interpreting public reason more broadly as "right reason," according to natural law theory, versus understanding it in the narrower sense in which Rawls intended. They test public reason by examining its implications for current issues, confronting the questions of abortion and slavery and matters relating to citizenship. This energetic exchange advances our understanding of both Rawls's contribution to political philosophy and the lasting relevance of natural law. It provides new insights into crucial issues facing society today as it points to new ways of thinking about political theory and practice.