Research Article

JUSTICE FROM NOWHERE: ETHICO-POLITICAL OBJECTIVITY IN THOMAS NAGEL AND JOHN RAWLS

Number: 11 June 29, 2023
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JUSTICE FROM NOWHERE: ETHICO-POLITICAL OBJECTIVITY IN THOMAS NAGEL AND JOHN RAWLS

Abstract

The question regarding the relationship between ethics and politics has always occupied the minds of philosophers and political theorists. Thomas Nagel is one philosopher among others who clearly draws a close link between the ethical and the political. Accordingly, Nagel’s inquiry on the issues of objectivity and subjectivity is providing the readers not only with ethical but also political insights regarding the matter. On the other hand, John Rawls’s ideas of an “original position” and a “veil of ignorance” in their relation to his understanding of political justice, similarly, interrogate the possibility of an alternative perspective for an objective standpoint that recognizes and encompasses individuality while offering a model for a political community which is founded upon impartial principles. Although Rawls’s discussion is mainly contractual and strictly political, certain aspects of his works on political justice and liberalism might be reconsidered in an investigation which also engages with issues in morality and ethics. Therefore, the present study will attempt at reading Nagel’s discussion of objectivity and impartiality from an ethico-political standpoint which juxtaposes ‘the view from nowhere’ with Rawlsian “veil of ignorance”. For this, relevant arguments of both philosophers will be explored in a comparative manner while highlighting potential parallelisms between the two.

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References

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Cultural Studies, Philosophy

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 29, 2023

Submission Date

April 14, 2023

Acceptance Date

June 18, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Number: 11

APA
Karaman, H. (2023). JUSTICE FROM NOWHERE: ETHICO-POLITICAL OBJECTIVITY IN THOMAS NAGEL AND JOHN RAWLS. Toplum Ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, 11, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.48131/jscs.1283423
AMA
1.Karaman H. JUSTICE FROM NOWHERE: ETHICO-POLITICAL OBJECTIVITY IN THOMAS NAGEL AND JOHN RAWLS. J-SCS. 2023;(11):1-14. doi:10.48131/jscs.1283423
Chicago
Karaman, Hatice. 2023. “JUSTICE FROM NOWHERE: ETHICO-POLITICAL OBJECTIVITY IN THOMAS NAGEL AND JOHN RAWLS”. Toplum Ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, nos. 11: 1-14. https://doi.org/10.48131/jscs.1283423.
EndNote
Karaman H (June 1, 2023) JUSTICE FROM NOWHERE: ETHICO-POLITICAL OBJECTIVITY IN THOMAS NAGEL AND JOHN RAWLS. Toplum ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi 11 1–14.
IEEE
[1]H. Karaman, “JUSTICE FROM NOWHERE: ETHICO-POLITICAL OBJECTIVITY IN THOMAS NAGEL AND JOHN RAWLS”, J-SCS, no. 11, pp. 1–14, June 2023, doi: 10.48131/jscs.1283423.
ISNAD
Karaman, Hatice. “JUSTICE FROM NOWHERE: ETHICO-POLITICAL OBJECTIVITY IN THOMAS NAGEL AND JOHN RAWLS”. Toplum ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi. 11 (June 1, 2023): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.48131/jscs.1283423.
JAMA
1.Karaman H. JUSTICE FROM NOWHERE: ETHICO-POLITICAL OBJECTIVITY IN THOMAS NAGEL AND JOHN RAWLS. J-SCS. 2023;:1–14.
MLA
Karaman, Hatice. “JUSTICE FROM NOWHERE: ETHICO-POLITICAL OBJECTIVITY IN THOMAS NAGEL AND JOHN RAWLS”. Toplum Ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 11, June 2023, pp. 1-14, doi:10.48131/jscs.1283423.
Vancouver
1.Hatice Karaman. JUSTICE FROM NOWHERE: ETHICO-POLITICAL OBJECTIVITY IN THOMAS NAGEL AND JOHN RAWLS. J-SCS. 2023 Jun. 1;(11):1-14. doi:10.48131/jscs.1283423