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I think Rawls does say somewhere that the notion of moral truth is "problematical" or something like that. So maybe he was trying to get away from older ideas about foundations and proof.

He also said more and more often as time passed that his theory of justice was political, not metaphysical. I think he wanted to get away from the idea that he was putting forward a theory in the Kantian mode -- one that all rational beings would have to accept. Instead, he was putting forth a theory that he hoped would be acceptable within our culture.

That's fine with me. I know Fred wants theological foundations, but I just don't think it's possible. Nor do I think it is possible to provide purely rational foundations as Kant or Gewirth thought.