SELF-RESPECT AND OBJECTIVITY: A CRITIQUE OF RAWLS

In A Theory of Justice, John Rawls names two conditions as necessary and sufficient for an agent to have self-respect. I argue that Rawls’s two conditions constitute an inadequate understanding of self-respect. Contrary to Rawls, I argue that self-respect requires moral desert, and that self-respect...

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Main Author: Logan, Benjamin A.
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2016
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Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/philosophy_etds/10
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=philosophy_etds