New book: Rawls’s "A Theory of Justice" at 50

Ed. by Paul Weithman (Cambridge University Press, 2023)

Essays by Elizabeth Anderson, Samuel Scheffler, Rainer Forst, Erin I. Kelly, Henry S. Richardson, Kevin Vallier, Samuel Freeman, Paul Weithman, David Estlund, Joshua Cohen, Leif Wenar et al.

More info on my blog:

https://habermas-rawls.blogspot.com/2023/08/new-book-rawlss-theory-of-justice-at-50.html

#Rawls #philosophy #Justice #Politicaltheory #liberalism #pluralism

New important paper by Catherine Audard (London School of Economics):

"Addressing the rise of inequalities: How relevant is Rawls's critique of welfare state capitalism?"

Open access: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/josp.12517

Catherine Audard examines John Rawls's critique of "welfare state capitalism" and of its inability to fight structural injustices together with his proposal for "property-owning democracy" as a realistic prospect and a credible alternative.

#philosophy #Rawls #inequality

Just tried to convince my wife of a Rawlsian maximin principle for what temperature we should keep the house—i.e., it should be set for the comfort of the least warm. She didn’t buy it. #philosophy @philosophy #Rawls

Möglich, dass wir an der Schwelle zu einer #Rawls'schen #Zeitenwende stehen. Francis #Fukuyama:

"Während der Locke'sche #Liberalismus zur Toleranz für unterschiedliche Konzepte des Guten verpflichtet, verlangt der Rawls'sche Liberalismus Unvoreingenommenheit im Hinblick auf die Lebensentscheidungen anderer. In der Tat neigt er dazu, Verschiedenartigkeit und #Vielfalt per se als Befreiung von unterdrückten sozialen Zwängen zu feiern."

Quelle: https://hoffmann-und-campe.de/products/59956-der-liberalismus-und-seine-feinde, S 78

John Rawls died 20 years ago today. In this interview from 1991 he speaks about his career, the historical context of his "A Theory of Justice", the role of philosophy - and its limitations:

https://www.pdcnet.org/8525737F00588A37/file/92635B7C7D937090852577CA0065FD98/$FILE/harvardreview_1991_0001_0001_0037_0046.pdf

#Rawls #philosophy

New book by Frank I. Michelman:

Constitutional Essentials: On the #Constitutional Theory of Political #Liberalism (Oxford University Press, 2022)

Abstract: This work examines closely the constitution-centered proposition on political legitimacy, offered by John #Rawls in "Political Liberalism" in response to the problem posed for government by consent by facts of deep-lying disagreement among citizens.

https://academic.oup.com/book/44505

Existentialist #Philosophy: I have always been a big fan of Albert #Camus. There's something particularly liberating about knowing there's no cosmic plan for your life and being able to find meaning in whatever brings you joy.

Political Philosophy: I'm intrigued by John #Rawls, #Marx, and Betrand #Russell.

Personal Philosophy: #Aristotle's focus on habituation and its relationship to one's own character have been life changing for me. "Fake it until you make it" is the essence of my life.