Rawls, Dewey, and Constructivism On the Epistemology of Justice

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Continuum Studies in Political Philosophy

Rawls, Dewey, and Constructivism

On the Epistemology of Justice

Eric Thomas Weber

Philosophy / Political

In Rawls, Dewey, and Constructivism, Eric Weber examines and critiques John Rawls' epistemology and the unresolved tension - inherited from Kant - between Representationalism and Constructivism in Rawls' work.

Weber argues that, despite Rawls' claims to be a constructivist, his unexplored Kantian influences cause several problems. In particular, Weber criticises Rawls' failure to explain the origins of conceptions of justice, his understanding of "persons" and his revival of Social Contract Theory. Drawing on the work of John Dewey to resolve these problems, the book argues for a rigorously constructivist approach to the concept of justice and explores the practical implications of such an approach for Education.

Eric Thomas Weber is assistant professor of Public Policy Leadership at the University of Mississippi, USA. He has published in Human Studies, Review of Policy Research, Skepsis, William James Studies, Contemporary Pragmatism, and Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society. He is the author of Rawls, Dewey, and Constructivism (Continuum, 2010).

Publication Date: 26 April 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Imprint: Continuum
ISBN-13: 9781441199447
Format: Paperback softback
Page Count: 176
Weight (oz): 9.12

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