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Equal treatment, natural rights, and social justice

In: Equality, Rights and the Autonomous Self

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Modern liberalism asserts the transcendental, autonomous self’s ‘natural rights’ against others’ moralistic and political preferences, and regards the economist’s utilitarian social welfare theory as instrumental to the achievement of ‘social justice’. Timothy Roth argues that the liberal enterprise ignores Kant’s ‘two points of view’, confuses Kantian autonomy with moral and political license, mistakes utilitarian impersonality for impartiality, and takes no account of the indeterminacy of social welfare theory’s fundamental theoretical constructs.

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  • ., 2004. "Equal treatment, natural rights, and social justice," Chapters, in: Equality, Rights and the Autonomous Self, chapter 3, pages 47-60, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:3151_3
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