A Research In View Of Rawls's Justice And Equality

Taking the principles of justice as the theory fulcrum and justice and equality as the legal value orientation, Rawls's justice and equality view describes the principle of participation, the priority of equal liberty, procedural justice and substantive equality, and the civil natural and political obligation and international justice and equality. All of the ideas are embodied in three aspects, which are establishing laws, judicature and obeying the law.This paper first generalizes the study on Rawls's theory home and abroad, and reveals the origin based on the theoretical source and the real root, introduces the main content from the perspective of the philosophy of law, thus the subject of Rawls's theory is summarized as follows: establishes the justice laws based on principles of justice, so as to realize the establishment of formal justice, make clear the rights and responsibilities of every citizen; and makes a point of the legal targets of procedural justice and substantive equality, in order to guarantee citizens' equal freedom rights, realize the substantive justice and equality; pursues international justice and equality, and seeks after the standards for the community to develop in the direction of peace.Rawls's justice and equality view, develops of the traditional theory of contract, exceeds the classical liberalism, and respects the human right. Compared with Marxist's justice and equality, Rawls's theory shows its speculation and lacks the practicality. In essence, Rawls's justice and equality view is the construction of utopia within the framework of capitalism and a modified program of capitalism. It draws an outline of harmonious world, from the perspective of dissertating the international justice and equality. China is now in the social transition period and the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Rawls's theory has an important reference value for constructing harmonious society, responding the financial crisis and promoting the development of the harmonious world.