[Workshop] Rawls’s Self-Defeat: A Formal Analysis of John Rawls’s Theory of Justice
• Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2018, 14:00-15:30
• Venue: 201, Political Science & Economics Bldg., Korea University
• Presenter: Hun Chung (Korea Military Academy: KMA)
In the Political Science Workshop in June, professor Hun Chung of the KMA gave a lecture on whether John Rawls’ famous “Justice as Fairness” demonstration shows victory over utilitarianism. The speaker insisted that if faithfully follows all of the assumptions that Rawls suggests, consensus representatives have no choice but to choose utilitarianism rather than differential principles. While utilitarianism meets everyone’s threshold and allows everyone to enjoy the full value of freedom and fundamental rights, the Rawls’ differential principle results in distributions that do not meet the value of social underprivileged and fundamental rights.
