Thomas Aquinas and the Overlapping Consensus
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John Rawls claims that the belief there is but one reasonable and rational conception of "the good" incompatible with political liberalism. A close examination thought Thomas Aquinas, however, reveals commitment to a particular need not imply rejection In fact, Aquinas' notion virtue anticipates Rawls' overlapping consensus. addition, thorough exploration work indicates that, for most part, he accepts underlying assumptions William Galston finds at core
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عنوان ژورنال: Commonwealth
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0890-2410', '2469-7672']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15367/com.v13i1.496