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Theory Of Justice Rawls Intergenerational Explore

Posted on:2009-12-19Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y GaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2206360248451182Subject:Legal theory
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Nowadays, intergenerational justice is not a strange concept any more. It is paid more and more attention to this project about how to make the justice between generations in academic circles today .However, the intergenerational justice theory system demonstration is posed by John Rawls in the earliest period. This article purpose on analyzing the Rawls' intergenerational justice theory and then discussing the possibility about achieve to the intergenerational justice.The intergenerational justice has the unique characteristic. It is different from the traditional theory of justice. It is not the same among the different definition from the ancient Greece to modern. There is no definition on what is justice that can be accepted generally. Different thinkers and philosophers have different understanding during different periods. Rawls' intergenerational justice theory is raised in order to adapt the demand of period. It is the result of the society develops to a certain stage. Rawls pass through the limit of the space even the time in order to make a justice space for us. His intergenerational justice theory has injected new blood for the expansion of the traditional justice concept. The intergenerational justice is not the theoretical paradigm rising by adapting the demand of period, but also the reflection and expansion of traditional justice views. As a distinguished theoretical construct, the thinking of the intergenerational justice by Rawls has the source. Therefore, the in-depth researching about the philosophical basis of the Rawls' intergenerational justice theory is the important ahead condition for understanding the idea of the theory.According to the basis of the criticism to utilitarianism in A Theory of Justice, Rawls raised the principles of justice. The intergenerational justice as well as rose by basis of the criticism to utilitarianism. Rawls thinks that parties will choose his principle of justice rather than utilitarianism principle of justice. On the surface, the book A Theory of Justice point out the dispute between the theory of justice and utilitarianism of Rawls. But it is the relationship problem between the "right" and "good" which the two basic concepts from the ethics theory. From the point of view of ethics, Rawls' fair justice theory is a kind of the moderate deontology. However, the intergenerational justice as a kind of fair justice that "right" priority in the "good" ideas is contained in it. In other words, the intergenerational justice is a kind of the moderate deontology. And the philosophical foundation of the intergenerational justice is contained in it.How to achieve the intergenerational justice is the main discussed problem by Rawls in the intergenerational justice. However, there are a pre-condition to achieve the intergenerational justice that the environment of generating the intergenerational justice is essential. Rawls divide the justice environment into the subjective and objective environment. The objective environment includes middle-scarce conditions. The subjective environment includes moderate egoism and relative equal conditions. But the environment of Rawls'justice is not normal application. From the objective conditions," it is not considerable that take the medium scarcity condition as the objective conditions of the intergenerational justice. It must be follow the certain justice principles on the distribution of serious lack of resources among the different generations. Therefore, lacking of resources is the objective conditions of the intergenerational justice. From a subjective point of view, because Rawls has changed the motive of the parties under the original state, so the original state of the parties is still modest egoism and relative equality. Thus, in the scarce conditions, when people who have emotional bond each other point out the demands which make the confliction each other on the dividing in interest, the environment of the intergenerational justice comes out. The environment of justice made up of generations is the precondition for achieving the intergenerational justice. It is the most important that establish a storage principle between generations to achieve the justice between generations. As well as it is the main problem which Rawls discussed in the intergenerational justice.The principle of storage justice is also selected in the original state. The original state designed by Rawls equivalent to the natural state of social contract theory. It is a non-historic theory design. According to this design, the development of society is divided to two stages because of storage requirements by each generation. The two stages are the demand of accumulating the net storage rate and no need of maintain the net storage rate. In the first stage of the accumulation, the person in original state use their rational judgments to select a justice storage principle which suit for each level of development voluntarily .When the accumulation of social wealth up to a certain number that it can maintain the justice social system and operate normally, the accumulation stage will be end and the development of social enter maintain stage. It is worth attention that the final stage of storage is not necessarily an extremely rich stage, but must be a justice society. Therefore, the process from accumulation stage to the final maintains stage is just the integrity justice process made by Rawls. Although Rawls does not provide us with an accurate storage principle, at least it is possible a very difficult work currently. However, his justice storage principle becomes the necessary project when scholars research the intergenerational justice problem. The conditions achieved the intergenerational justice are the environment suit for justice survival, objective shortage condition, subjective moderate egoism condition and relative equal condition which is the soil for breeding the intergenerational justice. However, the storage principle achieved by generations is the fundamental way to achieve the intergenerational justice. Thus, people follow the storage principle consciously and take the fair responsibility for their later generations in the environment where possible produce the justice. So the justice between generations has the possible to be achieved.This article began with the intergenerational justice beyond the traditional justice ideas and solute the confusion of traditional ideas currently, and then makes a brief discussion on Rawls how to define the intergenerational justice; the second part of the article is made of the reflection to utilitarianism by Rawls as the hide narration, and pointed out Rawls' fair justice view. Rawls thinks that his fair justice is prior to utilitarianism justice. According to the root, the real problem made the two points different is which more priority between right and good is. So whether the intergenerational justice has this basis of philosophy and it is beneficial mutually or is prior to good fair justice. The third part of this article is the most important discussion. There are two conditions for achieving the intergenerational justice; they are the environment of the intergenerational justice and the storage principle of the intergenerational justice. Two conditions are indispensable. The environment of the intergenerational justice is the precondition. If there are no this environment, the justice will not be able to produce. However, the storage principle is the fundamental way to enter the intergenerational justice. The fourth part is a real example of the intergenerational justice in real life. It is the principle of sustainable development. It elaborates the principle of sustainable development from the environment, content and purpose of justice and several other aspects by used the Rawls' intergenerational justice theory. It connects environment laws of our country and raised several ideas on how to achieve the intergenerational justice; Finally, the article summarize the possible in adequate of the intergenerational justice and the inspiration for us as well as the guide meaning of reality respectively.
Keywords/Search Tags:Intergenerational Justice, Justice Environment, Storage Principle of Justice
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