Sur la justice globale : leçons de Platon, Rawls et Ishiguro
For Plato, justice was the master virtue, the one that orders all the others. For John Rawls, it was “the first virtue” of social institutions, which concerns the “basic structure of society.” Powerfully suggestive, these claims of Plato and Rawls no longer wear their meanings on their sleeves in th...
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| Language: | English |
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Les Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme
2013-03-01
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| Series: | Socio |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/socio/275 |
| Summary: | For Plato, justice was the master virtue, the one that orders all the others. For John Rawls, it was “the first virtue” of social institutions, which concerns the “basic structure of society.” Powerfully suggestive, these claims of Plato and Rawls no longer wear their meanings on their sleeves in the 21st century. What does it mean, after all to speak of the “basic structure of society” in a globalizing world? And who counts as a subject of justice when the processes that generate injustice routinely transgress the borders of territorial states? To clarify these matters, I turn to a recent work of literary fiction. Kazuo Ishiguro’s novella, Never Let Me Go portrays the stunted lives and hopes of an underclass of clones, created to supply body parts for “originals.” Reading this work as a commentary on transnational exploitation today, I draw some “lessons” about how we should think about justice in a globalizing world. |
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| ISSN: | 2266-3134 2425-2158 |