罗尔斯:从自由到平等

John Rawls: From Liberty To Fairness

作者认为,罗尔斯把正义视为现代政治哲学的主题,并提出”正义总是意味着平等”,这意味着他将政治哲学的主题由自由变为平等。罗尔斯认为,自由和平等的价值是联系在一起的,而没有平等的自由是形式的。罗尔斯的历史地位和重要意义就在于他完成了西方政治哲学主题的转换。

Rawls holds that justice is the dominant subject in modern political philosophy and that 'justice always indicates equality. ' As a result, equality takes the place of freedom as the motif in his political theory. According to him, freedom and equality are inextricably linked up with each other. Without equality, freedom is but an empty form. This paper tries to evaluate Rawls' historical role in transforming the motif in western political philosophy.