The savings problem in the original position: assessing and revising a model

Brandstedt, Eric (2016) The savings problem in the original position: assessing and revising a model. Canadian Journal of Philosophy . pp. 1-21. ISSN 0045-5091

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Abstract

The common conception of justice as reciprocity seemingly is inapplicable to relations between non-overlapping generations. This is a challenge also to John Rawls’s theory of justice as fairness. This text responds to this by way of reinterpreting and developing Rawls’s theory. First, by examining the original position as a model, some revisions of it are shown to be wanting. Second, by drawing on the methodology of constructivism, an alternative solution is proposed: an amendment to the primary goods named ‘sustainability of values’. This revised original position lends support to intergenerational justice as fairness.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcjp20/current
Additional Information:	© 2016 Canadian Journal of Philosophy
Library of Congress subject classification:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
Sets:	Research centres and groups > Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS)
Date Deposited:	18 Nov 2016 16:44
URL:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/68317/

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