Liberal proceduralism is the most popular conception of justice in political theory

Evidence

Rawls represents the focal point and fount of liberal justice theory: fair distributions away from any substantive agreement on what we each believe as ‘good’—pictures of the good life. Barry (1995, 2005) has taken the lead, following Rawls, on this notion of justice; his central argument reiterates that we should agree on the rules of distributive justice while remaining impartial to different notions of the good life individuals have. This line of justice theory represents an impartial, proceduralist approach, and is probably the most popular conception of justice in the academy. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 57

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes the impartial proceduralist approach from substantive and consequentialist distributive theories.
• XREF: connects to: Rawlsian justice as fairness is fundamentally a theory of just distribution — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 56; Political theorists have reduced justice almost exclusively to distribution — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 54; Modern rationality is procedural rather than substantive across all value spheres — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 392 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Distributive variations have dominated justice theory for decades #corroborates (0.72) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 57
• Modern rationality is procedural rather than substantive across all value spheres #expands (0.70) — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 392