Justice between individuals: John Rawls and the demands of political liberalism
Ferretti, Thomas ORCID: 0000-0003-4683-883X (2022) Justice between individuals: John Rawls and the demands of political liberalism. The Tocqueville Review, 43 (1). pp. 147-180. ISSN 0730-479X (Print), 1918-6649 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3138/ttr.43.1.147)
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Abstract
John Rawls proposed A Theory of Justice (1971) aiming at building consensus in democratic societies. In the middle of the Cold War, the Vietnam War, and the Civil Rights movement, while Americans were strongly divided, Rawls’ political liberalism offered a method to build political agreement between people with different and conflicting values and interests, to preserve peace and other benefits of stable social cooperation. Fifty years on, while authors like Katrina Forrester (2019 a, b) suggest moving on from the ideal of political consensus, other voices such as Catherine Audard (2019) remind us of the relevance of public reason in a world full of divisions. This paper builds a dialogue between these two influential authors to assess the legacy and relevance of Rawls’ political philosophy today.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | John Rawls; Catherine Audard; Katrina Forrester, political liberalism; theories of justice |
Subjects: | J Political Science > JC Political theory |
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: | Faculty of Business |
Last Modified: | 04 Nov 2024 17:48 |
URI: | http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/42627 |
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