worldoptimization
TIL John Rawls’s son is a right-wing conspiracy theorist?
dataandphilosophy
#why in God’s name is Rawls the most respected political theorist of the 20th century
The ability to, starting from pure logic, derive as inherently correct the exact moral inclinations of an intellectual of one’s time, place, and social class is the most critical skill any ethicist can possess.
tea-and-honour
like, pretty much every rawlsian i know is a razian these days, and the ones that aren’t rawlsian are relational autonomy theorists
rawls might be respected, but no one thinks he’s right.
worldoptimization
Oh interesting. What do Razians and relational autonomy theorists think/how do they disagree with Rawls? (If you feel like explaining.)