Subjective Self-Interest or Limited Altruism:Rawls'View of Human Nature and His Ethical Reflection
It is undeniable that human nature is not the focus of Rawls'A Theory of Justice,but its definition and use of human nature provides a prerequisite and foundation for the trend of the whole theory of justice.In his works A Theory of Justice,Rawls presupposes that human nature in the original state has two characteristics:first,human nature is callous,rational and self-interested;second,human nature is limited altruism.In fact,this seemingly contradictory view of human nature meets the needs of argumentation under the ideal contract environment.From the perspective of Western human nature tradition and textual logic,Rawls'theory of human nature still tends to be self-serving rather than altruistic.Although Rawls'egoistic view of human nature has its rationality in satisfying the argument of distributive justice,the disconnection between his theory and practice makes it difficult to embody the principle of difference in reality.Therefore,the author's reflection on original meaning of Rawls'self-serving and altruistic design of human nature also provides a new explanation for the study of Rawls'justice theory.
RawlsA Theory of Justicehuman natureself-servingaltruistic
NETL
NSTL
万方数据
维普
