AbbreviationsIntroduction1 Rawls and Plato: The Noble Lie and Social Contract Theory1 Introduction2 The Very Early Rawls3 The Mature Rawls and the Noble Lie4 Ferguson's Criticisms5 Strauss and the Straussians6 Page's View7 The Smith-Brickhouse Stance8 Annas and Bok9 Political Liberalism10 Social Contract Theory11 Conclusion2 Rawls and Aristotle: Reflective Equilibrium and the Battle between the Ancients and the Moderns1 Introduction2 Some Basic Similarities and Differences3 Wolterstorff's View4 Dworkin's View5 Natural Rights6 Critique of Wolterstorff's View7 Relativism8 The Ancients and the Moderns9 The Aristotelian Principle10 Virtue11 The Capabilities Approach12 Conclusion3 Rawls and Augustine: Sin, Pluralism of Comprehensive Doctrines, and Nonideal Theory1 Introduction2 Sin3 Infancy and Childhood4 God as Personal5 Pluralism of Comprehensive Doctrines6 Just War Theory7 Abortion8 Nelson on Pelagianism9 Conclusion4 Rawls and Aquinas: Deliberative Rationality, Love, and Justice1 Introduction2 The Common Good3 Natural Duty4 Faith and Sin5 Nonhuman Animals6 Deliberative Rationality7 Types of Dominant Ends8 Justice9 Love10 Freeman's and Pogge's Contributions11 Facilitation of a Just Society12 Conclusion5 Rawls and History: Ahistoricism and Contextualism1 Introduction2 Plato's Philosophy of History3 Two Interpretations of Kant4 Crucial Points in History5 Ahistoricism and Contextualism6 Recognition7 Robust Reasonableness8 Lefebvre and Spiritual Exercises9 ConclusionBibliographyIndex of Names