Rawls, a realizmus előfutára? A moralista szerző elméletének változása realista szemszögből A Theory of Justice-tól a Political Liberalismig
Rawls, the Forerunner of Realism? Changes of the Theory of the Moralist Author from a Realist Angle from A Theory of Justice to Political Liberalism

Summary/Abstract: The core of contemporary political realism is built around the critique of political philosophy of Rawls. Realists defi ne their political theory as opposed to political moralism resurgent by A Theory of Justice. This paper emphasizes three main claims related to political moralism which is identifi ed as Rawls’s: fi rst, the problem of priority of morality over the political which is referenced by almost all realists; second, concerns formulated due to the apolitical nature of rawlsian theory; and fi nally, the opposition of the importance of order against justice. In Political Liberalism Rawls made certain modifi cations to his theory as a reply to communitarian critiques, however, claims expressed by realists have never appeared in his works in an explicit manner. The objective of the present paper is to reveal whether “the father of contemporary moralism” gave an answer to realist critiques in Political Liberalism (as already anticipated in Justice as Fairness) while refi ning his theory, as well as to what extent did he turn towards a realist direction. Indeed, late Rawls approached political realism in a certain way, however, this shift can barely be considered as such that realists would have expected, therefore, ultimately the realist critique with regard to the two main works is defi nitely valid.

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