RT Article
T1 Rawlsian Perfectionism
JF Journal of moral philosophy
VO 10
IS 5
SP 573
OP 597
A1 Wall, Steven
LA English
YR 2013
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1817469401
AB This paper presents and defends a Rawlsian argument for perfectionist state policies. The argument draws on Rawls’s discussion of the “Aristotelian Principle,” highlighting the complex relationship between this principle and the social bases of self-respect. The paper explains how Rawls’s discussion and endorsement of this principle has significant and unappreciated implications for his account of the human good and the state’s role in promoting it in a well-ordered society. Although Rawls explicitly rejected state perfectionism, the paper shows how his conception of justice has the resources to respond to the important criticism that it is insufficiently responsive to the claims of human excellence. Rawlsian perfectionism, in this way, strengthens Rawlsian justice by removing an important reason for rejecting it.
K1 Self-respect
K1 Neutrality
K1 Perfectionism
K1 Justice
K1 Rawls
DO 10.1163/17455243-4681023