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What is the Idea of Justice? |
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Keith Dowding |
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Amartya Sen’s ‘The Idea of Justice’ suggests that transcendental theories of justice do not give full
recognition to the plurality of values. He suggests that there is no universal theory of justice but
that different societies will work out their own accounts if they allow deliberative and democratic
procedures to flourish. I argue that in order for deliberation and democracy to promote justice
and to allow the full plurality of values, some universal features of transcendental theories are
required. These are the enlightenment principles of reason. I argue that Sen’s position is very
close to those of the transcendental theories he critiques. |
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