Political liberalism vs. right-wing libertarianism : John Rawls in encounter with Robert Nozick

Ramet, Sabrina P. (author)

Among twentieth-century political philosophers, Americans John Rawls and Robert Nozick are generally recognized as giants – both for the boldness of their arguments and for the influence they have exerted. They sketched rival visions. Rawls, inspired by Immanuel Kant, argued for a world characterized by tolerance, equality, and justice as fairness. Nozick, claiming a Lockean heritage but actually inspired by Adam Smith (the “invisible hand”) and Herbert Spencer (“survival of the fittest”), outlined a program for a minimal state, with very little taxation, offering no cushion at all against poverty, and providing no state assistance for the poor, the sick, the disabled, or the widowed. Rawls’ vision is clearly part of the liberal tradition, while Nozick’s championing of a minimal state contains illiberal elementsMed političnimi filozofi 20. stoletja sta Američana John Rawls in Robert Nozick splošno priznana kot velikana – tako zaradi drznosti njunih argumentov kot zaradi njunega vpliva. Avtorja orisujeta nasprotujoči si viziji. Rawls, ki se navdihuje pri Immanuelu Kantu, zagovarja svet, za katerega so značilni strpnost, enakost in pravičnost kot poštenost. Nozick, ki izhaja iz lockeovske dediščine, dejansko pa ga navdihujeta Adam Smith (“nevidna roka”) in Herbert Spencer (“preživetje najmočnejšega”), pa je orisal program minimalne države z minimalnimi davki, ki ne ponuja nobenih ublažitev revščine in nobene državne pomoči za revne, bolne, ljudi z oviranostjo ali ovdovele. Rawlsova vizija je seveda del liberalne tradicije, medtem ko Nozickova, ki zagovarja minimalno državo, vsebuje iliberalne elemente.

• Language: English
• Keywords: political liberalism, taxation, equality, justice
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2024
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 57-72, 242
• Numbering: Letn. 61, št. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-156074
• UDC: 321.01"19"
• ISSN on article: 0040-3598
• DOI: 10.51936/tip.61.1.57
• COBISS.SI-ID: 193665027
• Publication date in RUL: 07.05.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja
• Shortened title: Teor. praksa
• Publisher: Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 763652

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Politični liberalizem vs. desni libertarizem
• Keywords: politični liberalizem, davki, enakost, pravičnost