The role of the sense of justice in Rawls’ theory

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https://doi.org/10.7213/1980-5934.32.056.AO04

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Social justice, Social stability, Moral Psychology, Sense of justice

Resumo

In this paper, I discuss the relevance of the sense of justice for Rawls’s theory of justice. In the first part, I analyse the interpretation that Rawls offered of moral psychology for evaluating its role in the generation of the sense of justice and the acceptance of the principles of Justice. In the second part, I discuss the difficulties of accepting Rawls's proposal. Finally, I conclude that the research on moral psychology developed by Rawls allows him to recognise a way of supporting his principles of justice that is different from the traditional forms of deductive justification.

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Biografia do Autor

Pablo Aguayo Westwood, Universidad de Chile

Dr Pablo Aguayo Westwood

Associate Professor of Moral Philosophy and Theory of Justice

Faculty of Law, University of Chile

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2020-07-17

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Aguayo Westwood, P. (2020). The role of the sense of justice in Rawls’ theory. Revista De Filosofia Aurora, 32(56). https://doi.org/10.7213/1980-5934.32.056.AO04