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- Title
A DEARTH OF KINDNESS: USING BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY TO EVALUATE RAWLS, NOZICK, AND CONTEMPORARY CORPORATE IDEOLOGY.
- Authors
Wilson, James G.
- Abstract
John Rawls and Robert Nozick's pathbreaking books established enduring parameters for mainstream political and legal discourse. While the polarity can easily be exaggerated, Democrats invoked Rawls's extension of the New Deal while Republicans gravitated towards Nozick's libertarianism. This essay argues that both approaches are valuable but incomplete. Neither philosopher foresaw how centralized private power could corrode republican norms and cripple the middle class. The problem extends beyond material and political problems to the "spiritual" issue of kindness. Because neither philosopher adequately incorporated benevolence into their visions, they failed to offer a path to a middle class republic that was not only stable but also humane.
- Subjects
RAWLS, John, 1921-2002; NOZICK, Robert, 1938-2002; ANARCHY, State &; Utopia (Book : Nozick); THEORY of Justice Rawls, A (Book); LIBERTARIANISM
- Publication
Western New England Law Review, 2017, Vol 39, Issue 4, p499
- ISSN
0190-6593
- Publication type
Article