THE POINT OF THE RAWLSIAN ENTERPRISE

Thomas Pogge’s article analyzes the Rawlsian enterprise by contrasting it with Robert Nozick’s libertarianism. He argues that Rawls’s primary subject is the basic structure of society—the ground rules governing social interaction. Pogge characterizes Rawls’s theory as semi-consequentialist: while it ignores natural contingencies (deontological), it assesses institutional schemes based on the overall patterns of social primary goods they tend to engender. Ultimately, Pogge emphasizes our collective moral responsibility for the justice of these institutions. THIS ABSTRACT IS GENERATED WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.