Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 20:48:03 -0400 From: Stirling Newberry <allegro-AT-thecia.net> Subject: PLC: Rawls: A Theory of Justice Since Walter reminded us of it... Sometime ago it seemed as if this book would be a revival of a certian view of the liberal society. Its ideas found a capable defender in the hands of Prof Micheal J Sandel of Harvard, it was one of the most talked about books in philosophy. And yet now it has receded into the distance. I am not taking sides, but merely attempting to find out why various people feel the work has not had any stamina - or why they feel it is merely in hibernation and will be relevant again in the future. My own bias is that it was more clever than insightful, that it provided hope for people who wanted to believe that the ideas of the New Deal could be defended by philosophical means. But that being based more on Hope than on substance, enthusiasm for Rawls suffered from a certain looseness of reasoning... - - - The idea does however have appeal in examining particular injustices, would the ruling group have agreed to the rules which they have imposed, not knowing which side of them they would then be on? Stirling Newberry business: openmarket.com personal: allegro-AT-thecia.net War and Romance: http://www.thecia.net/users/allegro/public_html --- from list phillitcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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