Reply to Alexander and Musgrave

John Rawls

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1974, vol. 88, issue 4, 633-655

Abstract: I. The notion of a well-ordered society, 633. — II. The role of the original position, 637. — III. The first pair-wise comparison: two principles of justice vs. the principle of utility, 639. — IV. Alexander on the conflation problem: choice of parameter presupposes underlying conception, 643. — V. Second pair-wise comparison: interpretation of maximin, and risk aversion as a consequence, not as an assumption, 646. — VI. The contract condition and the strains of commitment, 650. — VII. Musgrave on leisure trade-off: maximin not merely second best, 653.

Date: 1974
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