Juízo ponderado e equilíbrio reflexivo em: uma teoria da justiça de John Rawls

Abstract

In the face of pluralism arising from present democratic societies, there is a need to try to find a certain configuration of values capable of reconciling the seemingly antagonistic principles of freedom and equality. Given the fragility of the then dominant political theory, utilitarianism, Rawls proposes to construct a theory based on principles of justice as a way of overcoming utilitarianism. In order to do so, we analyze essential aspects of Rawlsian theory, such as the original position, the veil of ignorance and the principles of justice, as well as the concepts of weighted judgment and reflexive equilibrium. In this study, we try to problematize through commentators and related articles what the role of the reflexive equilibrium method together with the judgments weighted in relation to Rawlsian theory in order to analyze it from a specific form of constructivism, opposite to intuitionist theories.