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Abstract.According to Popper's critical rationalism, the possibility of disagreement is at the heart of open societies. If this is assumed to be true, is it not illiberal to try to justify principles of justice, which can be regarded as the subject of an unending collective deliberation? I suggest that it is not, using an analogy with scientific progress. Moreover, I try to show that Rawls's achievement is misunderstood if one forgets that it is supposed to overcome the antinomy between “la liberté des Modemes” and “la liberté des Anciens.” In this respect, I insist on some unnoticed similarities between Rawls's and Popper's points of views. I conclude on the idea of the “neutrality” of the theory of justice, suggesting a link between Rawls's approach and the French republi

ISSN:0952-1917    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9337.1995.tb00192.x

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年代:1995

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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9337.1995.tb00193.x

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年代:1995

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Abstract.In this paper the nature and the role of Rawls's idea of a “free public reason” are examined with an emphasis on the divide between the private and the public spheres, a divide which is the hallmark of a liberal democracy. Criticisms from both the so‐called Continental tradition and the Communitarian opponents to liberalism insist on the ineffectiveness of such a conception, on its inability to establish a political consensus on democracy. But it would be a mistake to see a contractarian theory of justice, such as Rawls's justice as fairness, as grounding the social contract in a public use of reason. Such a contract would indeed be susceptible to endless conflicts and renegotiations and would never achieve consensus. Therefore, a distinction must be made between the values of justice that are present in and through the “original” contractual position and the that regulate the public sphere and guarantee its

ISSN:0952-1917    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9337.1995.tb00194.x

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年代:1995

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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9337.1995.tb00195.x

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年代:1995

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Abstract.If one is committed to a “Rawlsian” conception of justice, is one not also necessarily committed to a “Christian” personal ethics? MOE explicitly, if one believes that social justice requires the maximinning of material conditions, should one not use one's time and resources as well as one can in order to assist the poorest? The paper offers a very partial answer to these questions by arguing for the following two claims: (1) Contrary to what is implied by some egalitarian critics of Rawls, the idea of a well‐ordered society does not require maximin‐guided choices at the individual level, and hence leaves room for legitimate incentive payments.(2) Despite Rawls's own neglect of this fact, a limited form of patriotism does constitute an individual “natural duty” following from a commitment to maximin

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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9337.1995.tb00196.x

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年代:1995

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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9337.1995.tb00197.x

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年代:1995

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Abstract.In the framework of a reinterpretation of Marxism and Rawlsianism which aims at a non‐eclectic integration of both these theories, the author presents a transformation of the Rawlsian principles of justice into principles of political struggle with a view to establishing a just society. He deduces this normative development from a general theory of the modern world, proposed in his recent book (Bidet 1990

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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9337.1995.tb00198.x

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年代:1995

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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9337.1995.tb00199.x

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年代:1995

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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9337.1995.tb00200.x

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年代:1995

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ISSN:0952-1917    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9337.1995.tb00201.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

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