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

Brandstedt, Eric (2017) The savings problem in the original position: assessing and revising a model. Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 47 (2-3). pp. 269-289. 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
Divisions:	CPNSS
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
Date Deposited:	18 Nov 2016 16:44
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 07:20
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/68317

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