Abstract
The preceding chapters reviewed the central beliefs of liberal citizens. The main conclusions are that in spite of deep-seated disagreements between proponents of different comprehensive views, there is strong consensus on central political values concerning the need for democratic procedures and individual rights, on distributive norms based on merit, and that people should have equal economic opportunities. However, this measure of consensus rests upon a substructure of underlying disagreements, and people with different comprehensive views interpret central values differently. Combining these differences on central values leaves a situation that is accurately described in Rawls's account of ‘overlapping consensus’: agreement on a range of central principles, which people interpret differently from perspectives of their own comprehensive views. This chapter reviews Rawls's views on political liberalism.
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