Description: Limits of Rawlsian Justice, Paperback by Alejandro, Roberto, ISBN 0801868831, ISBN-13 9780801868832, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
A scholar of political theory urges that we acknowledge the limits of Rawlsian justice—both as a defense of the welfare state and as the basis of a just society.
The idea of fairness lies at the heart of the concept of justice proposed by political philosopher John Rawls, a concept that liberals have often invoked to defend the welfare state. In The Limits of Rawlsian Justice political theorist Roberto Alejandro challenges the assumptions that Rawls set out to defend his position. While other opponents of Rawls have attempted to offer an alternative to his concept of justice as fairness, Alejandro instead examines Rawls from within his own writings, testing Rawlss assumptions on the basis of those assumptions themselves. As a result, Alejandro shows that Rawlss idea of justice as fairness is fraught with inner tensions, exposed to utilitarian dangers, and far from being the coherent model Rawls promised.
Alejandro concludes that Rawlss notion of justice-as-fairness preserves the status quo, overlooks the realities of inequalities in todays society, and is inherently conservative. As a theoretical paradigm, it is exhausted. He urges that we acknowledge the limits of Rawlsian justice both as a defense of the welfare state and as the basis of a just society.
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Book Title: Limits of Rawlsian Justice
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Limits of Rawlsian Justice
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Subject: Constitutions, General, Jurisprudence, Political
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2002
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.2 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Law, Philosophy, Political Science
Author: Roberto. Alejandro
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
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