Cardozo Law Review
Abstract
John Rawls has recently presented liberalism as a political philosophy that can stand free of the comprehensive moral and metaphysical views with which it has been associated. You don't have to be a neo-Kantian like Rawls, so he argues, to accept his Kantiansounding theory of justice. Millian utilitarians, Aristotelian perfectionists, and Thomistic theists can also commit to the basic liberal rights: democratic government, freedom of speech and religion, equal opportunity, the rule of law, private property, and a welfare safety net. Rawls believes that there is no need for citizens to resolve their deepest philosophical disagreements in order to be able to agree on principles of justice.
Keywords
Jurisprudence, Sexuality and the Law, Judges
Disciplines
Judges | Jurisprudence | Law | Sexuality and the Law
Recommended Citation
Thomas C. Grey,
Freestanding Legal Pragmatism,
18
Cardozo L. Rev.
21
(1996).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/clr/vol18/iss1/4
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