Abstract
I raise three objections to Philip Pettit's republican account of justice: (a) that it fails to account adequately for the role of certain values such as substantive fairness; (b) that it represents an uncomfortable hybrid of egalitarianism and sufficientarianism; and (c) that it fails Pettit's own 'eyeball test'. I then conclude in a more constructive vein, speculating about the kind of account of justice it is supposed to be and suggesting that, construed a certain way, it may have resources for answering the three objections.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 669-678 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |