【作者】约翰.罗尔斯

【内容提要】

Central to the idea of public reason is that it neither criticizes nor attacks any comprehensive doctrine, religious or nonreligious, except insofar as that doctrine is incompatible with the essentials of public reason and a democratic polity. The basic requirement is that a reasonable doctrine accepts a constitutional democratic regime and its companion idea of legitimate law. While democratic societies will differ in the specific doctrines that are influential and active within them-as they differ in the western democracies of Europe and the United States, Israel, and India-finding a suitable idea of public reason is a concern that faces them all……
 

【关键词】Public reason，Legitimate law，Democratic society