CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Pavlovsky, Patrik |
|---|---|
| Title | The Idea of Reciprocity and the Justification of John Rawls`s Political Liberalism |
| Summary | In this work, i enquire whether John Rawls justifiably supplies decisive reasons for making it impermissible for liberal states to openly promote or discourage some activities, ideals or lifestyles on the basis of perfectionist considerations. My investigation represents philosophical enquiry and hence employs argumentation and methodic doubt are being used for development of conclusions. I this work, I claim shifting the burden of proof back to Rawls for I find no reasons that would decisively exclude the possibility of state perfectionism. In particular, I challenge the way Rawls justifies his modeling of the full publicity condition in light of his political ideals. I claim that given my arguments, the modeling could be eventually done in a way that would in effect legitimize state perfectionism. Moreover, I furthermore claim that Rawls�s employment of the idea of reciprocity exhibits signs of his fully comprehensive treatment of it. |
| Supervisor | Moles Velázquez, Andrés |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/pavlovsky_patrik.pdf |
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