The Difference Principle Beyond Rawls by Wyatt, Chris

The Difference Principle Beyond Rawls (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781441134868)

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The Difference Principle Beyond Rawls by Wyatt, Chris

The Difference Principle Beyond Rawls

$51.95
The Difference Principle Beyond Rawls by Wyatt, Chris

The Difference Principle Beyond Rawls

$51.95
Format: Paperback
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Since the publication of John Rawls' A Theory of Justice (1971) - followed up by Political Liberalism (1993) and Justice as Fairness: A Restatement (2001) - discussions on social justice and redistributive liberalism have taken center stage in contemporary political theory. This book adds to an enormous body of literature. It does not question Rawlsian principles, but it does reject the liberal institutions he advocates. A debate is constructed in which his liberalism is contrasted with a libertarian socialism informed by the English theorist of guild socialism G.D.H. Cole (1889-1959). These two authors visualize alternative macro socio-economic schemes. Although they are set within modern liberal and libertarian socialist frameworks respectively, they share a commitment to reducing vast inequalities in wealth. Central to the Rawlsian scheme is the difference principle - that inequalities are only permitted if they benefit the least well off. Rawls proposes that citizens deliberating without awareness of subjective talents - a collective lack of knowledge captured by the Rawlsian term the veil of ignorance - will be compelled to prioritize a society structured to accommodate this principle to other systems in which inequalities are allowed to concentrate with lesser degrees of regulation. This assertion will not be challenged. However, it is shown how the difference principle will be more easily realized in the left libertarian scheme, in which the author defends. The argument is that Rawlsian premises point to a more radical conclusion than Rawls acknowledges.

Author: Chris Wyatt
ISBN-10: 1441134867
ISBN-13: 9781441134868
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Language: English
Published: 01/05/2012
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.41d
By Chris Wyatt
By Chris Wyatt
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Chris Wyatt is lecturer in Social Theory and Sociology at the University of Brighton. He is also affiliated to the University of Sussex, where he teaches Modern Political Thought and Contemporary Political Theory . He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology, a Master of Arts degree in Social and Political Thought and a Ph.D. in Social and Political Thought.
He is the author of The Difference Principle Beyond Rawls (Continuum, 2008)

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