Equality and Liberty Analyzing Rawls and Nozick
Equality and Liberty: Analysing Rawls and Nozick is an indispensable source for those seriously interested in some rigorous assessments of the ideas of America's two most popular political philosophers. The essays in this volume cover a wide range of topi
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Equality and Liberty Analyzing Rawls and Nozick Edited by
J. Angelo Corlett Fellow in Philosophy University of Arizona
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Selection, editorial matter and essay © J. Angelo Corlett 1991 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1991 978-0-333-53844-9 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WlP 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 1991 by MACMILLAN ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 2XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Corlett, J. Angelo Equality and liberty: analyzing Rawls and Nozik I. State, Theories, Nozik, Robert. Anarchy, state and utopia. I. Corlett, J. Angelo 320.101 ISBN 978-0-333-53845-6 ISBN 978-1-349-21763-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-21763-2
to Burleigh T. Wilkins, my mentor
Contents Acknowledgments
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Introduction J. Angelo Corlett PART I
1
Analyzing Rawls
Kant and Rawls: Contrasting Conceptions of Moral Theory Joseph M. Grcic
11
2
Rawls on Natural Inequality Michael Gorr
19
3
Discussions Defining the Least Advantaged Roy C. Weatherford
37
4
Principles for Individual Actions Burleigh T. Wilkins and Kelly M. Zelikovitz
46
5
Rawls and Ownership: The Forgotten Category of Reproductive Labor Sibyl Schwarzenbach
66
Reflective Equilibrium and Archimedean Points Norman Daniels
90
6
7
The Claims of Reflective Equilibrium Joseph Raz
110
8
What is Wrong with Reflective Equilibria? D. W. Haslett
136
9
Justice as Fairness: Political Not Metaphysical John Rawls
145
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Does Ambiguity Lurk Behind the Veil of Ignorance in Rawls' Original Position? J. Angelo Corlett
11
Rawlsian Constructivism in Moral Theory
12
Capitalism, Socialism, and Justice: Reflections on Rawls' Theory of Justice
David 0. Brink
Kai Nielsen
Stability and Utopia; A Critique of Nozick's Framework Argument
Mark Fowler
14
Has Nozick Justified Has Nozick Justified the State?
Charles Sayward and Wayne Wasserman
15
Nozick and the Individualist Anarchist Fredric C. Young
16
Nozick's Argument for the Legitimacy of the Welfare State
Michael Davis
17
An Internal Critique of Nozick's Entitlement Theory
Gregory S. Kavka
PART III 18
196
217
Analyzing Nozick
PART II 13
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Analyzing Rawls and Nozick
Rawls and Nozick; Justice Without Well-Being
Robert Ehman
313
Bibliography
330
Index
397
Acknowledgments David 0. Brink, 'Rawlsian Constructivism and Moral Theory', Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 17 (198
