Equality, Rights and the Autonomous Self

Timothy P. Roth

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Abstract: Modern liberalism asserts the transcendental, autonomous self’s ‘natural rights’ against others’ moralistic and political preferences, and regards the economist’s utilitarian social welfare theory as instrumental to the achievement of ‘social justice’. Timothy Roth argues that the liberal enterprise ignores Kant’s ‘two points of view’, confuses Kantian autonomy with moral and political license, mistakes utilitarian impersonality for impartiality, and takes no account of the indeterminacy of social welfare theory’s fundamental theoretical constructs.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
ISBN: 9781843764502
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