In Rawls's last interpretation of public reason,he points out that its role is to specify the political relation as one of civic friendship.In this context,recent scholars have further elaborated on this idea,advocating that civic friendship is the normative foundation of public reason.However,this view faces the charge of invalid justification,since civic friendship could equally justify non-public reason societies.In response,based on Rawls's idea of citizenship,the core of civic friendship should be bonds of trust.Maintaining this mutual trust requires citizens to share evaluative standards regarding reasonable reasons,ensuring that their views are accessible,which is precisely what public reason itself provides as a shareable evaluative standard.This re-examination grounded in the idea of citizenship is able to address the charge of invalid justification.
关键词
罗尔斯/公共理性/公民友谊/规范基础
Key words
Rawls/public reason/civic friendship/normative foundation