Rawlsian justice as fairness is fundamentally a theory of just distribution
Evidence
With such an impartial position in mind, Rawls offers two basic, defensible, principles of justice: everyone would have the same political rights, and the distribution of economic and social inequality in a society should benefit everyone, including the least well-off. The whole point of Rawls’s notion of ‘justice as fairness’ is justice as just distribution—or, more properly, the rules that govern a just distribution of social, political, and economic goods and bads. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 56
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines Rawls’s ‘justice as fairness’ and its two principles; anchor terminology for how modern EJ theory departs from pure distribution.
- XREF: Connects to prior chapter notes that justice theory conventionally reduced to distribution; this is where that reduction starts. — connects to: Political theorists have reduced justice almost exclusively to distribution — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 54; Liberal proceduralism is the most popular conception of justice in political theory — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 57; Distributive-only justice theory fails to address recognition and capability concerns — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 415 (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Distributive-only justice theory fails to address recognition and capability concerns
#qualifies(0.85) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 415 - Recognition theory supplements rather than replaces distributional justice
#qualifies(0.78) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 100 - Justice comprises interlinked distribution, recognition, participation, and capability
#expands(0.75) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 53 - Distributive variations have dominated justice theory for decades
#corroborates(0.75) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 57 - Justice theory extends beyond distribution to recognition, capability, and participation
#expands(0.75) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 33