SEEU Review vol. 5 Nr. 2 (pdf) - South East European University

SEEU Review Volume 5, No. 2, 2009
John Rawls’ theory of justice as fairness:
an introduction
Dr. Ercan Gündoğan
Assistant professor
Department of Political Science and Public Administration
Department of International Relations
The American University Girne-Cyprus
Email:ercangndoan@gmail.com
Abstract
The article introduces and at the end, presents a brief criticism of the
Rawlsian theory of justice as fairness by focusing John Rawls’s mainly three
studies Justice as Fairness, A Theory of Justice and Justice as Fairness:
Political not Metaphysical. At the first and long part of the article, Rawlsian
theoretical construction is presented descriptively step by step with some
comments and criticisms while the concluding part tries to offer main
problematic sides of the Rawlsian theory.
Key words: justice, fairness, basic structure, original position, veil of
ignorance, priority rule, difference principle, primary good,
contractarianism, utilitarianism.
Abstrakt
Ky punim paraqet një kritikë të shkurtër të Teorisë së drejtësisë së John
Rawls kryesisht duke u fokusuar në tri studimet e tij: E drejta si paanësi,
Teoria e drejtësisë dhe E drejta si paanësi: politike e jo metafizike. Në pjesën
e parë dhe gjatë punimit është paraqitur konstruksioni i teorisë së John
Rawls hap pas hapi me disa komente dhe kritika, ndërsa në pjesën e
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