论和谐社会中弱势群体的地位——以罗尔斯《正义论》中“最少受惠者”为视角

Review on The Status of Social Vulnerable Groups in Harmonious Society——In view of "the least-advantaged class" in A theory of Justice by Rawls

罗尔斯在《正义论》中提出的"满足最少受惠者的最大利益"的差别原则,以独特的视角关注了社会中的弱势群体,成为其正义理论的一大特色。对于弱势群体的关照是现代民主政治的要求,特别是在建设社会主义和谐社会过程中,弱势群体在社会中具有何种地位的问题更加突出。在对这一问题解决的过程中,罗尔斯的"最少受惠者"理论具有一定的借鉴意义。

In A theory of Justice, Rawls advances the difference principle is to satisfy the greatest benefit to the least- advantaged class of a society, he gives his unique attention to social vulnerable groups, which is the one of characteristic of his theory of Justice. To concern social vulnerable groups is the requirement of the Modern democracy, especially in the process of building socialist harmonious society, the problem of the position of the social vulnerable groups becomes more obvious. In the process of resolving the problem, “the least-advantaged class” of Rawls has some certain reference significance.