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- Title
(IN)COMPATIBILITIES BETWEEN THE RAWLSIAN AND SKINNERIAN PERSPECTIVES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE.
- Authors
Batista, Mariana; Mansano Fernandes, Diego; Muchon de Melo, Camila
- Abstract
Social justice is a controversial theme permeated by the dichotomy between social equality and economic equality. This paper attempted to explore contact and divergence points between the Skinnerian and Rawlsian societal models and their relation to justice. To this end, the two works, Theory of Justice as Fairness and Walden Two were used to characterize the structural contingencies prescribed by the authors in light of the constitutive elements of justice. Points of contact were identified regarding the adoption of ethical principles, i.e., a Conception of the Good that advocates human life as the ultimate end. Differences were observed regarding the appropriateness of justice. Unlike Rawls, Skinner conceived justice as a discourse to justify inequality and hide the social contingencies of control. The author defended an arrangement of structural contingencies that fostered economic and social equality as opposed to compensatory distributive criteria that legitimized and reverberated inequality. However, Skinner denied politics as the proper field for such changes. Finally, we highlight that the effective confrontation of inequalities is related to the struggle for a social transformation that results in a new political, economic, and social scenario.
- Subjects
SOCIAL justice; THEORY of Justice, A (Book : Rawls); EQUALITY; JUSTICE; SOCIAL control; LIGHT elements; FAIRNESS; APPROPRIATENESS (Ethics)
- Publication
Behavior & Philosophy, 2023, Vol 51, p60
- ISSN
1053-8348
- Publication type
Article