Two Defense Paths on Asymmetry of Entitlement by Rawls
Rawls does not promise any general principles regarding the basis of entitlement in his discourse on entitlement.He holds asymmetric views in terms of distributive justice and punitive justice on the issue of pre-justice entitlement.There are two defense paths for this asymmetry in academia:the first one discusses the rationality of the asymmetry by clar-ifying the difference between distributive justice and punitive justice;The second one is to dissolve asymmetry through a new interpretation of Rawls'text,which argues the defense is actually a misunderstanding.They both have a certain degree of rationality.The first one focuses on exploring the empirical propositions of the justice environment and the normative differences of active subjects in different fields.The second attempts to integrate and interpret his earlier and later texts.The above two paths for asymmetric issues reveal the complexity of constructing justice theory and the rich interpretive space of Rawls'theory.