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Preferred term
reflective equilibrium
Definition
- Reflective equilibrium is a philosophical account of method, justification, and theory construction in ethics and political philosophy. John Rawls introduced the term reflective equilibrium to depict a way of bringing principles, judgments, and background theories into a state of equilibrium or harmony. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Reflective Equilibrium]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/reflective_equilibrium
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