But the main objective of this research is to compare two liberal theorists concerning their understanding of justice; one, john Rawls that believes justice amounts to equity and other, Robert Nozick. Both of these thinkers claim that their definition of justice is in text of Kant tradition, ...
Rawls thinks that Mill is a utilitarian. The same time that Mill also regards the principle of liberty and right/justice as the basic principles of adjusting the basic structure of social institution. Therefore, on the basis of which principle is the basis of social construction, Mill's view ...
Summary This article is a critical analysis of John Rawls' A Theory of Justice. The first part argues that Rawls' concept of justice is purely procedural. The second part of the article comments on Rawls' basic pinciples, the principle of freedom and the principle of difference, which he ...
Taking as a starting point an example from Dutch politics, I make some critical statements on John Rawls' distinction between comprehensive doctrines and the political conception of justice as developed in his . After an explanation of the concept 'overlapping consensus', I show that Rawls' ...
It will be shown that this approach implies a concept of weak sustainability which is not a sufficient condition for the long-term preservation of vital life-sustaining resources. 展开 关键词: Future generations in John Rawls' theory of justice, Artículo ...
Rawls' Concept of Reflective Equilibrium and its Original Function in 'A Theory of Justice' John Rawls' concept of reflective equilibrium has been the subject of widespread interest and debate. Its use in normative ethics has been criticized by m... J Mikhail - 《Social Science Electronic Publis...
John Rawls,A Theory of Justice, Revised Edition (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971, 1999), p. 185. Mill, John Stuart. Google Scholar Mill, John Stuart. Google Scholar Utilitarianism and the 1868 Speech on Capital Punishment, ed. George Sher, pp. 65–...
Then we shall put that explanation in the context of two ethical theories, first of all John Rawls' Theory of Justice and second Immanuel Kant's concept of the Categorical Imperative. After that we shall note a few problems concerning Cradle to Cradle design theory and put those into ...
In 1971 schreef filosoofJohn Rawlsin het boek A Theory of Justice dat een samenleving in beginsel tolerant moet zijn jegens intolerantie, immers zou een samenleving anders zelf intolerant, en dus onrechtvaardig zijn. In 1971, philosopherJohn Rawlsconcludes in A Theory of Justice that a just...
Philosophers who have attempted to improve or clarify A Theory of Justice include Martha Nussbaum, who has reinterpreted Rawls's arguments in terms of capabilities or 'substantial freedoms', a concept borrowed from Amartya Sen. Political Liberalism ...