从激励的视角出发——论G.A.柯亨对罗尔斯正义观的批判

From an Incentive Perspective——On G.A.Cohen's Critique of Rawls'View of Justice

在西方政治哲学学界的学术讨论中,平等是其核心问题,围绕着实现什么样的平等,学术界展开了长久的争论。以罗尔斯为首的西方自由主义者,坚持以一种社会正义建构的方式,从平等出发为不平等的结果做合法性辩护,提出不平等是正义社会的必然结果。柯亨站在平等主义的立场,通过对自由主义者的正义理论的批评,揭示了不平等结果的理论缺陷。

Equality is a central issue in the academic debate in Western political philosophy,and there has been a long-standing debate in academia around what kind of equality to achieve.Western liberals,led by Rawls,insist on a social justice construct to justify the legitimacy of unequal outcomes in terms of equality,proposing that inequality is an inevitable consequence of a just society.Cohen stands for egalitarianism and reveals the theoretical flaws of unequal outcomes through his criticism of the liberals'theory of justice.