Rawlsian Justice for Ageing Societies
Rawlsian Justice for Ageing Societies
Author(s): Juan Antonio Fernandez ManzanoSubject(s): Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Ethics / Practical Philosophy
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: Ageism; Aristotelian principle; Basic structure of society; John Rawls; Population ageing; Self-respect;
Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the population ageing phenomenon in the EU-28 (I) and highlights some of the social problems associated to it (II). It analyzes how the Rawlsian theory of justice can approach the impact of societal ageing (III) by focusing on two concepts: the idea of self-respect as an essential primary good to be fairly distributed and the Aristotelian principle of motivation, which links rational life plans to the exercise of complex and meaningful capacities. It exemplifies some open practical guidelines as to what kind of political actions may be necessary for a society to guarantee the social bases of self-respect and be considered fair and it concludes (IV) by showing that Rawls’s structural view can be useful.
Journal: Analele Universității din București – Seria Filosofie
- Issue Year: 69/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 49-68
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English