Democratic Equality and Rawls's criticism of Welfare State capitalism

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dc.contributor.authorFernández Manzano, Juan Antonio
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dc.date.issued2022-02-07
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dc.description.abstractDespite the accusation of developing an abstract theory, detached from real conditions, depoliticizing, and ultimately inclined towards the status quo, Rawls did not fail to analyze, since 1971, the political-economic conditions in which his theory could become viable. The analysis of this topic concludes with the statement that the principles and ideals of his theory could not be satisfied under capitalism in any of its forms. This article discusses the possibilities of making justice as fairness compatible under a capitalist welfare state and shows that the reasons Rawls presented for denying this possibility remain perfectly valid. The difficulties of a capitalist welfare state to curb the tendencies of capitalism towards undemocratic inequality make this system unacceptable. The article defends that, although it is a noble ideal to prevent anyone from falling below a certain social minimum, the requirements of the principles of justice are much more demanding. The article concludes by defending Rawls's methodology and main arguments and shows that far from having depoliticizing effects, justice as fairness allows us to broaden the political imagination both to denounce the highly oligopolistic character of capitalist economies and to combat the ubiquitous inclination of neoliberalism towards economic efficiency as an all-encompassing value.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Filosofía y Sociedad
dc.description.facultyFac. de Filosofía
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dc.identifier.citationFernández Manzano, Juan Antonio (2022). Democratic Equality and Rawls's criticism of Welfare State Capitalism. Ethics, Politics and Society, 5(2), 80-95
dc.identifier.doi10.21814/eps.5.2.213
dc.identifier.essn2184-2582
dc.identifier.issn2184-2574
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://revistas.uminho.pt/index.php/eps/article/view/5347
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/100124
dc.issue.number2
dc.journal.titleEthics, Politics & Society. A Journal in Moral and Political Philosophy
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.final95
dc.page.initial80
dc.publisherCentre for Ethics, Politics and Society. Universidade do Minho
dc.relation.projectIDLa contemporaneidad clásica y su dislocación: de Weber a Foucault
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.cdu316.323.65
dc.subject.keywordcapitalist welfare state
dc.subject.keywordjustice as fairness
dc.subject.keyworddemocratic equality
dc.subject.keywordcapitalism
dc.subject.ucmFilosofía
dc.subject.unesco7207.04 Filosofía Política
dc.titleDemocratic Equality and Rawls's criticism of Welfare State capitalism
dc.title.alternativeLa igualdad democrática y la crítica de Rawls al Estado de Bienestar capitalista
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