His argument for a "lexical Difference Principle" was challenged by John Harsanyi, who claimed that this man's premises implied utilitarianism.
His argument for a "lexical Difference Principle" was challenged by John Harsanyi, who claimed that this man's premises implied utilitarianism. He proposed that ethical ideas be tested for "reflective equilibrium," which he equates with "Kantian constructivism" in his book Political Liberalism. He hypothesized that individuals would give the best possible arrangement to the worst-off member of society from behind a "veil of igorance," in a book which prompted Robert Nozick's response, Anarchy, State, and Utopia. FTP, name this philosopher who defended welfare states in A Theory of Justice.
His argument for a "lexical Difference Principle" was challenged by John Harsanyi, who claimed that this man's premises implied utilitarianism.
John Bordley {Rawls}