Rawls: The Problem of Autonomy and Coherentism

Abstract

The transformation of the idea of autonomy into that of justice as equality modifies the work of Rawls taken as a whole. Thus, while in the Theory of Justice, a Kantian- type of autonomy is adopted, in Political Liberalism, autonomy is extended to the sphere of the political.

Keywords

• J. Rawls
• autonomy
• coherentism.