Should Christians Affirm Rawls' Justice as Fairness? A Response to Professor Beckley
In this essay I argue that Rawls does not establish the priority of the right over the good, and that his notion of the original position creates more problems than it solves. I further argue that Rawls, even in his recent proposal for an overlapping consensus, misdiagnoses the problems of modern so...
| Published in: | Journal of religious ethics |
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
1988
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Journal of religious ethics
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| Summary: | In this essay I argue that Rawls does not establish the priority of the right over the good, and that his notion of the original position creates more problems than it solves. I further argue that Rawls, even in his recent proposal for an overlapping consensus, misdiagnoses the problems of modern society and our capacity for justice. I suggest that what we need is not so much theories of justice or methods to abstract from conceptions of the good as discriminating patterns to judge whether, and to what extent, our institutions are sustaining or corroding our social practices that might serve justice and/or make us more just people. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
| Reference: | Errata "Erratum: Should Christians Affirm Rawls' 'Justice as Fairness'? A Response to Professor Beckley (1989)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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