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John Rawls: Liberal Democracy Restated
John Rawls: Liberal Democracy Restated

Author(s): Jonathan Wolff
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: KruZak

Summary/Abstract: The paper starts with brief biographical details of John Rawls’s life, and indicationsregarding the significance of his proposal. The most relevant part of the article isdedicated to the discussion of the concept of democracy as it is included in Rawls’stheory of justice. Rawls tries to find a solution to the incompatibility of two differentmotivations for democracy: the instrumental and the intrinsic defence. It followsfrom Rawls’s sproposal that the two defences need not necessarily to be incompatible.Participation in public decision procedures helps citizens to improve their capacities.According to the author of the paper, the main criticisms of Rawls come not so muchfrom doubts about the validity of these arguments, but from questioning the realismof his proposals.

  • Issue Year: I/2001
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 347-361
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English