Abstract The paper questions Binmore's identification of justice with fairness and his corresponding focus on bargains to the neglect of conventions, notably of ownership. Section 1 deals mainly with the role ascribed to man's earliest genetic heritage in shaping fairness norms and the putative effect of such norms on bargaining solutions. Section 2 argues that the scope of fairness as opposed to justice in determining the social order is quite narrow, It sketches a theory of fairness distinct from justice, derived from the principle of treating like cases alike.
Argues that liberalism lacks an irreducible & unalterable core element making it something of a loose political doctrine. This looseness is attributed to its foundations on the value of liberty; ie, it depends on value judgments. Jeremy Bentham, James Mill, & John Stuart Mill on liberalism are seen as responsible for denying liberalism a firm identity & to have hung liberalism with a utilitarian agenda. A call is made for a stricter liberalism, suggesting two basic propositions: a logical one is the presumption of freedom, & a moral one is the rejection of the rules of submission that imply the obligation of political obedience. 2 References. J. Zendejas
With the rise of political correctness has come a condemnation of all violence. Individuals have been discouraged from deterring violence by threatening violence. Thus society's spontaneous reactions to violent attacks on the civil order have been repressed and official law enforcement is unable to cope with the consequences.
Abstract The concept of justice informs our sense of justice, rather than being formed by it. The concept escapes circularity, resting as it does on foundations that are independent of notions of justice. Those foundations can be found in constituent principles such as responsibility, presumption, and convention. Two realms of justice have to be separated: the realm of ,suum cuique' and of ,to each, according to' ... . Contemporary theories of justice, however, tend to maximize their scope by obliterating ,suum cuique'. But the importance of the realm of ,suum cuique' anchors in fundaments of logic and epistemology which allow justice but little leeway.
Der Staat ist die Erstübersetzung von Anthony de Jasays Buch The State von 1985. Das Buch ist eine Abhandlung zu Grundfragen der modernen politischen Theorie, für die der Autor eine ungewöhnliche Perspektive wählt: die des Staates. Es ist üblich (auch im Klassischen Liberalismus), den Staat als ein Instrument zu sehen, das den Menschen dazu dienen soll, gemeinsame Ziele zu verfolgen. Das weiß auch der Autor. Was aber, so Jasay, wenn wir einmal annehmen, der Staat hätte einen eigenen Willen und eigene Ziele? Zur Beantwortung dieser Frage erkundet Jasay die systematische und historische Entwicklung, die der Staat von seinen Anfängen bis in die Gegenwart hinein genommen hat; vom bescheidenen Minimalstaat, der Leben und Eigentum sichert, bis hin zum vielbeschäftigten Verführer demokratischer Mehrheiten. Nach Liberalismus neu gefaßt (Choice, Contract, Consent) ist Der Staat das zweite Buch Jasays, das auch in deutscher Sprache vorliegt. »The State« The State is an analysis of some of the fundamental issues of modern political thought from the perspective, not of individuals or subjects, but of the state itself. What, Jasay asks, if we suppose the state to have a will and ends? To answer this question, he traces the logical and historical progression of the state from a modest-sized protector of life and property to an »agile seducer of democratic majorities«. »Der Staat« ist eine Abhandlung zu Grundfragen der modernen politischen Theorie, für die der Autor eine ungewöhnliche Perspektive wählt: die des Staates. Was, so Jasay, wenn wir annehmen, der Staat hätte einen eigenen Willen und eigene Ziele? Zur Beantwortung dieser Frage analysiert der Autor die Entwicklung, die der Staat in seiner Geschichte genommen hat; vom bescheidenen Minimalstaat, der Leben und Eigentum sichert, bis hin zum vielbeschäftigten Verführer demokratischer Mehrheiten. Anthony de Jasay wurde 1925 in Ungarn geboren, wo er seine Kindheit und Jugend verbrachte. Mit 23 Jahren emigrierte er nach Australien, studierte dort Ökonomie, und ging Mitte der 50er Jahre als Research Fellow ans britische Nuffield College in Oxford. Von 1962 bis 1979 lebte Jasay als Investmentbanker in Paris. Danach zog er als Privatgelehrter in die Normandie. »The State« war sein erstes Buch (1985). Es folgten weitere Bücher, u.a. »Social Contract, Free Ride« (1989) und »Justice and Its Surroundings« (2002). Vor kurzem erschien eine mehrbändige Ausgabe seiner kleinen Schriften. Anthony de Jasay was born in Hungary in 1925. In his twenties, he emigrated to Australia where he studied economics. In 1955, he moved to Oxford where he became a research fellow of Nuffield College. In 1962, he moved to Paris and worked there as a banker until 1979. Since then he lives in Normandy. Jasays has published five books, among them »Social Contract, Free Ride« (1989), »Against Politics« (1997), and »Justice and Its Surroundings« (2002). Most recently, a multivolume edition of his essays has been published by Liberty Fund.
Abstract The paper tries to relate classical liberal intuitions about rights and liberties to some of the more formal discussions of the putative impossibility of a Paretian liberal. Its focus is on the interpretation of formal modelling rather than on formal analysis. The theoretical concepts of the formalized approaches more often than not distort the meaning of the non-formalized concepts of classical liberal theory. Using proper explications of the concepts of liberties and rights respectively the alleged paradoxes of liberalism lose their paradoxical character.
