Abstract
Abstract Nelson Goodman (1965: 66–7) introduced the method of reflective equilibrium (RE) into contemporary philosophy as a way to justify principles of induction and deduction. John Rawls ( see Rawls, John) brought the approach over to moral and political philosophy, employing it to construct his theory of justice. It is to Rawls (1971: 19–21, 48–51) that we owe the term “reflective equilibrium.” In his early and influential paper on the topic, Norman Daniels described RE as “an attempt to produce coherence in an ordered triple of sets of beliefs held by a particular person, namely (a) a set of considered moral judgments, (b) a set of moral principles, and (c) a set of relevant background theories” (1979: 258). RE has become the default view of how moral inquiry should be conducted even though it is controversial how RE should be understood and RE faces serious objections.
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