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Liberal Justice: Kant, Rawls and Human Rights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2018

Onora O’Neill
Onora O’Neill*
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Abstract

Kant’s practical philosophy, Rawls’s theory of justice and contemporary human rights thinking are landmarks in liberal discussions of justice. Each forms part of a powerful tradition of political thought, and although their substantive accounts of justice diverge at many points, they also overlap in substantial ways. This article focuses not on their substantive claims about justice, or about other ethical standards, but on their differing views of the questions to be addressed, on their proposed justifications for standards of justice, and on a limited range of questions about interpreting and institutionalizing those standards.

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KantRawlshuman rightsjusticeethicsjustification
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Kantian Review , Volume 23 , Special Issue 4: Special Issue on Kant & Rawls , December 2018 , pp. 641 - 659
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© Kantian Review 2018 

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