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- Title
A Catholic Pope and a Rawlsian Statesman: War and Peace through the Lens of Non-Public and Public Reason.
- Authors
Jose, Jeff Shawn
- Abstract
A Catholic pope and a Rawlsian statesman respectively represent religious and political leaders who confront the reality of war and face the challenge of responding to it. A political decision during conflict based exclusively on religious or secular justifications will be unconvincing in a contemporary plural public space. John Rawls's solution to this dilemma was to offer justifications based on public reason grounded on political values and not on religious or secular values that support non-public reason. However, restraining religious arguments can ignite passionate religious objections when the decisions of government contradict the demands of their religious values. Hence, this paper argues against an exclusive position and highlights the importance of a nuanced approach that engages religious and political perspectives. The arguments are presented by engaging both Catholic and Rawlsian responses to war by focusing on just war theory and the role of a statesman.
- Subjects
RAWLS, John, 1921-2002; WAR; JUST war doctrine; STATESMEN; CATHOLICS; PEACE; DILEMMA
- Publication
Religions, 2023, Vol 14, Issue 1, p49
- ISSN
2077-1444
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/rel14010049