Original scientific paper

Veljko Dubljević ; International Centre for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW), University of Tübingen, Germany

Abstract

This article provides an examination of Rawls‘s account of international
relations, and discusses some of the issues that sparked debate about it among
liberal authors. The author starts with the premise that the difference between
justice and legitimacy can explain much of the contested issues, as well as
the intent and scope of Rawls‘s approach. Furthermore, it is argued that the
distinction between the reasonable and the decent, that characterizes the
changes in Rawls‘s view, was specifically formulated as a response to Habermas.
The article concludes with the analysis of the notions of realistic utopia and
reconciliation with our social world, and argues that Habermas‘s view of a more
modest role for philosophy due to »four moral-political liabilities of our time«
greatly influences the genesis and development of some of Rawls‘s new ideas.

Keywords

Rawls; justice; legitimacy; Law of peoples; Habermas

Hrčak ID:

146226

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/146226

Publication date:

17.4.2012.

Article data in other languages: serbian

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