Rawlsian Theory
9 Followers
Recent papers in Rawlsian Theory
The ethical values and behaviors are not only abstract terms, but they are refined and conceptualized by real life experiences. The societal context where the actions of humans can be analyzed by ethical decision-making is entirely... more
J. Doomen, Freedom and Equality in a Liberal Democratic State. Brussels: Bruylant (Larcier), 2014
This Open Access book examines many of the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic through the distinctive lens of civility. The idea of civility appears often in both public and academic debates, and a polarized political climate... more
This paper argues that John Rawls’s remarks on the family reveal a fundamental problem with Rawlsian theory - more fundamental than Susan Moller Okin allows in her important critique. The problem is not that Rawls fails to apply his... more
The theory of justice as laid down by John Rawls has left an indelible impression in the field of law and politics. He has focused on the ideologies of liberty, equality and fair opportunity to all. He advocated the etiquettes of equality... more
A strength of liberal political institutions is their ability to accommodate pluralism, both allowing divergent comprehensive doctrines as well as constructing the common ground necessary for diverse people to live together. A pressing... more
Because families disrupt fair patterns of distribution and, in particular, equality of opportunity, egalitarians believe that the institution of the family needs to be defended at the bar of justice. In their recent book, Harry Brighouse... more
Les socialistes français, en dépit de leur adhésion active aux politiques néo-libérales prônées au niveau de la communauté européenne, n’ont toujours pas (article écrit en 1991) entrepris de reconstruction de leur doctrine. Bien que le... more
This contribution deals with constitutional democracy within the nor-mative liberal-democratic paradigm. Against the background of Rawlsian political liberalism and its dualist definition of democracy, the chapter aims at providing an... more
John Rawls is famous for two things: his attempt to ground morality in rationality and his conception of justice as fairness. He has developed and polished both in conjunction over the course of half a century. Yet the moral principles he... more
How can liberal political theorists combine their normative commitments with realistic assumptions of human behaviour and capacities? This is an important question for scholars who wish to use their theories to evaluate existing political... more
Rawls’ primary legacy is not that he standardised a particular view of justice, but rather that he standardised a particular method of arguing about it: justification via reflective equilibrium. Yet this method, despite such... more
In this paper we analytically propose an alternative approach to achieve better fairness in scheduling mechanisms which could provide better quality of service particularly for real time application. Our proposal oppose the allocation of... more
Cet article éclaire de façon originale la théorie de la démocratie délibérative en juxtaposant délibération éthique et délibération politique. Par là, il est plus proche de la réalité des débats démocratiques contemporains – tenus dans... more
This is a defense of Rawls against recent criticism, ironically my own, though it is also a critique insofar as it addresses a problem that Rawls never does. As a defense, it is not a retraction of the original charges. As a critique, it... more
The purpose of this investigation is to examine consumption inequities on a global basis from the ethical perspective advanced by the philosopher John Rawls. The first three Sections of the article describe the Rawlsian approach to... more
In A Theory of Justice, Rawls concludes that individuals in the original position would choose to adopt a system of democratic equality governed by his two principles of justice. However, Rawls mistakenly defines the possibility space... more
Iterative model is proposed for personal and group autonomy of two charitable agents donating equal parts of own wealth to reduce the inequality gap. It is proved that charity leads to equality and personal autonomy is more effective than... more
This article makes four claims. First, that the analytic/Continental split in political theory stems from an unarticulated disagreement about human nature, with analytics believing we have an innate set of mostly compatible moral and... more
In this paper we analytically propose an alternative approach to achieve better fairness in scheduling mechanisms which could provide better quality of service particularly for real time application. Our proposal oppose the allocation of... more
[Abstract in English] This paper develops a normative model for the obligation of continued access to an investigational medicine towards research subjects from the perspective of social or distributive justice inspired in the theory of... more
O presente artigo versa sobre a teoria do fair play como fundamento e justificação da obediência às leis em Hart e Rawls. Para tanto, o texto é divido em três partes: num primeiro momento, calcado em Are There Any Natural Rigths?,... more
Rawls's discussion and treatment of the fictional "Kazanistan" in The Law of Peoples has not been well-understood. In this essay I situate Rawls's discussion of "Kazanistan" relative to two aspects of the larger architectonic of his... more
In this paper, presented and discussed at the Conference "Philosophy and Social Sciences" held in Prague on May 20th 2015, i make an overview on the Rawlsian consensus theory, trying, in the second part, to propose a new interpretation of... more