John Rawls' Theory of Justice Applied to Sustainable Development

Work ( s ) : Some Ordinalist - Utilitarian Notes on Rawls ' s Theory of Justice by John

Permanent Injustice: Rawls' Theory of Justice and the Digital Divide

There are more than 700 million current Internet users, but the world population is approximately 6 billion (Trend 2001), indicating that computer technology is used by less than one-eighth of the population. Computers are becoming common tools in schools, often viewed as a democratic panacea despite the costs involved and despite the fact that the majority does not have access to computers and...

A Fair Accord: Cradle to Cradle as a Design Theory Measured against John Rawls’ Theory of Justice and Immanuel Kant’s Categorical Imperative

This essay explores a specific aspect of the role of attitude in design. The design of the built environment requires us constantly to make aesthetic and ethical judgments; every design decision has to be satisfactorily justified. Surprisingly perhaps, this requires a clear concept of justice against which a design can be grounded. Aesthetic concerns about quality spill into ethical concerns ab...

Distributive Justice and Sustainable Development

Rawls’ Concept of Reflective Equilibrium and Its Original Function in A Theory of Justice