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 As you know, I have been looking at some of the communitarian philosophers. Michael Sandel believes that Rawls regards people or 'selves' as somehow constituted or individuated prior to any choice of values and commitments. It's as though there are people who then choose their values. The complete person is there first and later on that person chooses from a list of possible values or commitments. Is that the way things actually work? Some people think of their values and commitments and the kind of society they live in as essential parts of themselves. Can Rawls allow for that? Sandel believes that Rawls' view precludes conceptions of the good that regard certain values and communities as part of the self. His point is that Rawls' liberalism is not neutral with regard to various conceptions of the good. Only certain ideas of the good can fit. |
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