tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post7084265764798610948..comments2023-12-23T02:10:09.875-05:00Comments on howl at pluto: What Rawls was doingLFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-33103915403143003462016-02-11T08:20:20.848-05:002016-02-11T08:20:20.848-05:00Right. On the other hand, the focus on the basic s...Right. On the other hand, the focus on the basic structure has been criticized from a non-libertarian direction by (the late) G.A. Cohen, who argued (to compress this argument into a nutshell) that people's individual choices about particular spending decisions, e.g., also should come within the bounds of a theory of justice. This criticism first appeared in article form and then in his book <i>If You're an Egalitarian, How Come You're So Rich?</i>LFChttp://howlatpluto.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-81963747925929590032016-02-09T19:10:36.526-05:002016-02-09T19:10:36.526-05:00Rawls's focus on the 'basic structure'...Rawls's focus on the 'basic structure' also insulates him from libertarian critique that social justice would require us to rectify every inequality, even compensating those who are unsuccessful in the dating game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com