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Rawls Különbözeti Elve (Rawls’ Difference Principle), Attila Tanyi
Rawls Különbözeti Elve (Rawls’ Difference Principle), Attila Tanyi
Attila Tanyi
This paper deals with the third and most disputed principle of John Rawls’s theory of justice: the so-called difference principle. My reasoning has three parts. I first present and examine the principle. My investigation is driven by three questions: what considerations lead Rawls to the acceptance of the principle; what the principle’s relation to effectiveness is; and what and how much the principle demands. A proper understanding of the principle permits me to spend the second half of the paper with exploring the difficulties the principle encounters. I first discuss four well-known objections and argue that all of them, partly …
A Harmadik Út Értékrendszere (The Values Of The Third Way), Attila Tanyi
A Harmadik Út Értékrendszere (The Values Of The Third Way), Attila Tanyi
Attila Tanyi
The paper examines the value system of the English Third Way. It argues that, contrary to its critics, the Third Way is not an empty ideology but has content, though this content is not brand new. The Third Way, I claim, is more like a rhetorically defined area, which is delimited by existing values that however leave room for interpretation. The Third Way is a framework that is delineated by two clusters of value: opportunity-equality-justice and responsibility-community-authority. On the basis of the detailed analysis of these values, I draw up possible ideologies of the Third Way. I then argue that …