On Rawls' "overlapping Consensus"

In today’s academic thoughts of the forest, and the western political philosophy, the name of Rawls is almost impossible to avoid. This USA outstanding moral and political philosophy of classical writers, with unique natural philosophy and speculative analysis ability of casting, has a profound content of the theoretical system of justice, careful demonstration. From the "theory of justice" to "political liberalism", his theory of political philosophy to restart the depletion of prosperous era, creating a practical philosophy of axial turning point. Facing the fact of reasonable pluralism in modern democratic society, the completeness of many philosophical theory, moral philosophy and philosophy of religion incompatible but rational existence, he cleverly set card "overlapping consensus" concept, the foundation to make public proof of concept of justice, to regulate the stability of good social rank.The contemporary and classical political philosophy through the introspection and criticism of modernity, another way to make a diagnosis and treatment agent for western "modern disease", set off a political philosophy of retro, especially to classical natural right ideas, inspiring. It lit the "classic and modern" war and Rawls’ s ideological confrontation is worth, students deep discussion and reflection.Based on the perspective analysis of "classical political philosophy" overlapping consensus "concept. Two kinds of theories of the bridge to produce intelligent thought and functional benefits for ancient Greece began to bring the "cosmology" tendency under the impetus, not simply that relativism is superior to universalism, value neutrality is not simply judge prior to the associated value, but the use of philosophical paradigm both Each one has his good points., looking for a settlement of practical and theoretical approach to the conflict of pluralism.