Patterns of Justification: On Political Liberalism and the Primacy of Public Justification

The discussion develops the view that public justification in Rawls's political liberalism, one of its roles, is actualist fully enfranchising actual reasonable citizens and fundamental liberalism's order justification. I anchor this reading role Rawls accords to general reflective equilibrium, examine light relationship between justification, pro tanto values, full wide culture salient reason intuitions. This leaves us with question how a more plausible, post-Rawlsian liberalism should understand commitment discursive respect robust equality reflected