Abstract
Holt argues that Rawls’s first principle of justice requires democratic control of the economy and that property owning democracy fails to satisfy this requirement; only liberal socialism is fully democratic. However, the notion of democratic control is ambiguous,and Holt has to choose between the weaker notion of democratic control that Rawls is committed to and the stronger notion that property owning democracy fails to satisfy. It may be that there is a tension between capitalism and democracy, so that only liberal socialism can be fully democratic, but if so, we should reject, rather than argue from, the theory of democracy we find injustice as fairness.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2017
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Copyright © 2017 De Gruyter. This article first appeared in Analyse & Kritick 39:2 (2017), 405-412.
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Recommended Citation
von Platz, Jeppe. "Democratic Rights and the Choice of Economic Systems." Analyse & Kritik, 39:2 (2017): 405-412.