Monday, 11 May 2009

Rawlsian Justice and Jurgen Habermas

Since Sala-i-Martin insists on teaching us morality during our growth class and does so, in particular, through the teachings of John Rawls, I thought this link might prove interesting. It provides a good overview of Rawls' arguments, including his famous "original position" and "veil ignorance," which are considered the conceptual cornerstones of contemprorary liberal-democratic theory. Moreover, this overview of Rawls is written by another very famous philosopher, Jurgen Habermas. Enjoy...

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