Marzieh Foroozandeh; Saeed Zibakalam Monfared; Hossein Mesbahian
Abstract
John Rawls's theory of justice is one of the most famous views in the political philosophy of the twentieth century. Contemporary German philosopher Yurgen Habermas believes that Rawls cannot justify this theory. Because the justification for this theory is based on some special premises that can not ...
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John Rawls's theory of justice is one of the most famous views in the political philosophy of the twentieth century. Contemporary German philosopher Yurgen Habermas believes that Rawls cannot justify this theory. Because the justification for this theory is based on some special premises that can not be compatible with other Rawls's essential views. This article examines Habermas's critique by carefully reading Rawls' theory of justice. It seems that Habermas's critique can be answered in two ways: The first answer seeks justification in what Rawls calls the "public reason" of a society. This answer is more in line with Rawls' appearance, but Habermas considers this interpretation of Rawls's theory to be contextualist and does not accept it. The second answer tries to focus on the concept of "general facts" in Rawls's theory, and provide a basis for the universal and non-contextual justification of Rawls's theory; the basis that Habermas claimed Rawls lacked.
hamidreza rahmani zadeh dehkordi
Volume 10, Issue 40 , January 2015, , Pages 37-62
Abstract
“Modernity; unfinished project” has been one of the most effective articles of the world during the recent three decades and it has been the source of controversis in many different fields of though. But the main question is: Why this paper is so important? And what lessons can be learned ...
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“Modernity; unfinished project” has been one of the most effective articles of the world during the recent three decades and it has been the source of controversis in many different fields of though. But the main question is: Why this paper is so important? And what lessons can be learned from it for writing of scientific articles? Although, the article contains many thought-provoking and informative notes but its prose is in some places, concise, ornate and difficult. It is translated about a decade ago into Persian, and apparently has been done quickly and with little accuracy. Perhaps that is why it needs serious revision with the emergence of many Habermas' sociological and philosophical backgrounds. Therefore, the first purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual abstract and as much as possible, an accurate and faithful summary of article using two English translations and (when necessary) referring to the original German article. Then, it showes that why this article is important technically by analyzing and abstraction of “Questions”, “ideas”, “theorems” and “assumptions” and how it can provide Criteria for effective, scientific and philosophical writing. و فلسفی هابرماس، نیازمند بازنگری جدی است.
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