Thomas, Alan Price orcid.org/0000-0002-8053-7195 (2015) Rawls and Political Realism: Realistic Utopianism or Judgement in Bad Faith? European Journal of Political Theory. pp. 304-324. ISSN 1741-2730
Abstract
Political realism criticises the putative abstraction, foundationalism and neglect of the agonistic dimension of political practice in the work of John Rawls. This paper argues that had Rawls not fully specified the implementation of his theory of justice in one particular form of political economy then he would be vulnerable to a realist critique. But he did present such an implementation: a property-owning democracy. An appreciation of Rawls s specificationist method undercuts the realist critique of his conception of justice as fairness.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Philosophy (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 20 Mar 2017 16:40 |
Last Modified: | 03 Apr 2025 23:09 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1474885115578970 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1474885115578970 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:113810 |
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