Rawlsian anti-capitalism. Study of the distinction between welfare state and property-owning democracy
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democratic equality, principles of justice, justice as fairness, capitalismCopyright (c) 2021 Juan Antonio Fernández Manzano
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Abstract
Throughout his intellectual trajectory, Rawls outlined the main characteristics of a well-ordered society, reaching the conclusion that not every political-economic system is compatible with justice as fairness. This paper carries out an analytical study which traces the different stages of this process, reconstructs and interprets the main theses and maintains that the core of these arguments sheds light to sustain the inability of any known form of capitalism to satisfy the requirements of justice.
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