Author(s): Denilson Luis Werle
Journal: DoisPontos
ISSN 1807-3883
Volume: 7;
Issue: 4;
Start page: 31;
Date: 2010;
Original page
Keywords: John Rawls | Rousseau | the general will | human nature | public reason and justice
ABSTRACT
The paper presents an interpretation made by Rawls of Rousseau's work,highlighting the similarities between Rousseau and the central thesis of the tradition of political liberalism: the primacy of justice over the good. The article presented the Rawls's analysis of two concepts that approach Rousseau to the political liberalism: the normative conception of human nature and the concept of general will, interpreted as a deliberative public reason.
Journal: DoisPontos
ISSN 1807-3883
Volume: 7;
Issue: 4;
Start page: 31;
Date: 2010;
Original page
Keywords: John Rawls | Rousseau | the general will | human nature | public reason and justice
ABSTRACT
The paper presents an interpretation made by Rawls of Rousseau's work,highlighting the similarities between Rousseau and the central thesis of the tradition of political liberalism: the primacy of justice over the good. The article presented the Rawls's analysis of two concepts that approach Rousseau to the political liberalism: the normative conception of human nature and the concept of general will, interpreted as a deliberative public reason.
