ABSTRACT
As well as propounding a theory of justice, Rawls's A Theory of Justice advocated a method in moral philosophy, the method of reflective equilibrium. This chapter describes the process of reasoning dubbed by Rawls Reflective Equilibrium. It suggests that the quoted remark draws attention to a different virtue of the method of reflective equilibrium. The chapter attributes to Rawls is that morality is the internal constitution of the moral sense, and that the method of wide reflective equilibrium is the one by which that internal constitution can be best ascertained. The first modest claim is that the principles adopted in reflective equilibrium may help o'ne clarify the implications of one's own views. The method of reflective equilibrium is in fact a necessary step towards the solution of the problems of moral epistemology. The chapter argues that if morality is the internal constitution of our moral capacity then the method of reflective equilibrium is futile.
