“政治自由主义力图回答这样一个问题:在自由而平等的公民因相互冲突,甚至是无公度的宗教学说、哲学学说和道德学说而产生深刻分歧的情况下,如何可能使社会成为一个稳定而正义的社会?”在这样一个价值多元的社会,人们对社会的思考拥有不同的价值取向并以此选择不同的行为方式,既然人的价值取向是多元的,那么社会稳定有如何实现?在罗尔斯看来,虽然价值是多元的,但是在这些多元的价值之间能够达成某种共识,并且,基于这种共识的深度和广度,可以在多元的价值之间找到一种最基本的理念。 “Political liberalism seeks to answer the question of how society may be made a stable under the conditions of profound divisions between free and equal citizens due to conflicting and even unjust religious doctrines, philosophical doctrines and moral doctrines And just society? ”In such a multi-value society, people think different social values ​​and choose different ways of behavior. Since people’s value orientation is diverse, how to achieve social stability? In Rawls’s view, although the value is plural, a certain consensus can be reached between these pluralistic values, and based on the depth and breadth of such consensus, one can find a most fundamental value among pluralistic values Concept.