creators_name: Dobra, Alexandra
creators_id: ad574@york.ac.uk
type: journale
datestamp: 2010-04-01 19:34:05
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:35
metadata_visibility: show
title: Rawls’ two principles of justice: their adoption by rational self-interested individuals. In A Theory of Justice.
ispublished: pub
subjects: peer-review
subjects: phil-ethics
subjects: phil-logic
full_text_status: public
keywords: Two principles, contract argument, original position, veil of ignorance, difficulty, feasibility.
abstract: The present paper aims in a first stage, to exploit succinctly the cardinal argument – the contract argument - acquainted in “A Theory of Justice”, which provides incentives for the two principles’ general adoption. In a second stage, a discussion appraising the feasibility of these two principles and their subsequent empirical adoption will be dealt with. This contributes to the provision of counter-arguments and the highlighting of weaknesses.
date: 2010-01-26
date_type: published
publication: E-Logos Electronic Journal for Philosophy
number: 1
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Dobra, Alexandra  (2010) Rawls’ two principles of justice: their adoption by rational self-interested individuals. In A Theory of Justice.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/6781/1/E-Logos_Rawls_Article.pdf