Output details
32 - Philosophy
University College London
Chapter title
Le libéralisme de Rawls: Pour une société équitable et solidaire
Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
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Publisher of book
Ellipses
Book title
La pensée libérale: Histoire et controverses
ISBN of book
978-2729853877
Year of publication
2010
URL
-
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
This article is concerned with the relation between Rawls's Theory of Justice and the classical liberalism to be found in the work of JS Mill. The article first outlines the Rawlsian liberalism: the sort of liberal egalitarianism it endorses and the grounding of this in the value of solidarity among citizens. It also explains the rationale for moving to political liberalism from the kind of liberalism found in Mill (what Rawls labels comprehensive liberalism), and why it is no part of Rawls's own conception of a just system that it need be equally fair to all conceptions of the good.
