An Eerdmans Reader in Contemporary Political Theology

Hinson-Hasty, Elizabeth

doi:10.1093/jcs/css123

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The Subjective Circumstances Of Justice1

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“…1). 5 See for example the following handbooks, in which the absence of Rawls is glaring: (Cavanaugh and Scott 2019;Hovey 2015;Hinson-Hasty 2018;Rodríguez 2019). 6 A standard dismissive reading of Rawls from a theological point of view can be found in the (Forrester 2001, pp.…”

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The “Original Position” as Public Performance: Liberalism, Pluralism, and Asceticism

Rivera

2019

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John Rawls' well-known device of representation (his terminology) that he names the "original position" is put into play by the veil of ignorance. This imaginative device, found in both his early and late works, is often dismissed because it is misunderstood as an exercise in moral geometry. This essay discusses in more detail the subjective mechanics of the original position; while sympathetic of Rawls' application of the veil of ignorance, I distinguish between a thick and thin veil, whereby I promote the latter. The final section makes a connection between the simulation of the original position and the religious practice of asceticism.

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The “Original Position” as Public Performance: Liberalism, Pluralism, and Asceticism

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The “Original Position” as Public Performance: Liberalism, Pluralism, and Asceticism

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