Browsing W&L University Student Scholarship by Subject "Rawls, John, 1921-2002"

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    • Modesty and excess in the philosophical critique of the idea of public justification 

      Golubiewski, Maciej Benedykt
      This essay is the outcome of personal reflection on procedural rationality in politics. Finding a rational and universal principle behind a liberal doctrine has been the ambition of many philosophers who have believed in ...

    • Rawls Under the Scrutiny of Nozick 

      Baldridge, Steven Kent
      In 1971 John Rawls published A Theory of Justice (TJ) in which he expounds what is today one of the most debated theories of social justice. Just three years later, partially in response to Rawls' work, Robert Nozick ...

    • Rawlsian Liberalism and Its Moral Support for Gay Rights 

      Greenberg, Leah Jane
      In this paper, I will examine the various objections to same-sex marriage and homosexuality. I will include traditional moral arguments against rights to homosexual marriage and other family rights denied to homosexuals. ...