When people of good faith and sound mind disagree deeply about moral, religious, and other philosophical matters, how can we justify political institutions to a

"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

Public Reason and Political Community defends the liberal ideal of public reason against its critics, but as a form of moral compromise for the sake of civic fr

Should democratic politics and religion, political reason and faith be completely separated from each other, or should they be seen in a relationship of discurs

The essays that make up this volume, explore the idea of public reason. The task of identifying a distinctively public reason has become pressing in our deeply