Matravers, Matt orcid.org/0000-0003-3064-0618 (2015) Justice and Constructivism. Political studies review. pp. 176-183. ISSN 1478-9299
Abstract
Albert Weale’s Democratic Justice and the Social Contract is an important book. It offers an innovative and original (proceduralist) account of justice. In so doing, it places what Brian Barry called ‘the empirical method’ at the centre of normative political philosophy’s attempts to generate determinate answers to moral questions. This article – written from the perspective of someone sympathetic to both the commitment to mutual advantage and the empirical method – focuses on the kind of argument it is that Weale is offering and in particular on the nature of his constructivist project. It argues that Weale’s commitment to equality lies outside the constructivist project and that this undermines his aspiration to genuine constructivism. The article goes on to consider, on the basis of arguments found in Democratic Justice and the Social Contract, various ways in which Weale might have grounded his egalitarian commitments from within the constructivist project.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) The Author. This is an author produced version of a paper accepted for publication in Political Studies Review. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Weale,Social contract,Constructivism,Justice |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Politics (York) The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > The York Law School |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 20 Oct 2015 15:25 |
Last Modified: | 17 Mar 2025 00:06 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/1478-9302.12083 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/1478-9302.12083 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:90032 |
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