Fraternal Society in Rawls’ Property-Owning Democracy

Abstract: This paper discusses what type of sociological context is appropriate for Rawls’ ‘property-owning democracy’. Following certain suggestions offered by Rawls and in the work of Joshua Cohen, it explores, in particular, the kind of fraternity and social interaction suitable for citizens in Rawlsian society and the role of the state in engineering these bonds. Utilising a normative framework based on Rawls’ discussion of a property-owning democracy and various data sets, the paper argues that bonds of social trust, active participation in trade unions and enrolment in public schools, and the use of state policy to organise a mixture of public, cooperative, and private economic institutions would be suitable for a Rawlsian society to adopt because it appears that these structures are favourably connected to the ends of Rawlsian justice.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Fraternal Society in Rawls’ Property-Owning Democracy ; volume:35 ; number:1 ; year:2013 ; pages:163-186 ; extent:24 ; Analyse & Kritik ; 35, Heft 1 (2013), 163-186 (gesamt 24)

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Urheber: Walton, Andrew ; Camia, Valeria

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.1515/auk-2013-0113
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2404171644063.500180093749
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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