“Should we endure the astounding levels of inequality that modern capitalism has engendered? John Rawls, the most influential political philosopher of the 20th century, offers a powerful framework for considering this question. His work does not, however, provide a good guide to the implications of that framework, because his own response is ill-informed about how the US economy operates today. Here, even Rawlsians need to move past Rawls. Rawls has often been taken to be a defender of welfare-state capitalism …” (more)
(2022) 51 National Affairs (Spring)
First posted 2022-03-22 17:00:23
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