Dados is one of the most widely-read social sciences journals in Latin America. Created in 1966, it publishes innovative works, originating from academic research, by Brazilian and foreign authors. Edited by IESP-UERJ, it aims to reconcile scientific rigor and academic excellence with an emphasis on public debate based on the analysis of substantive issues of society and politics.
Dados vol. 54 n. 4 Rio de Janeiro 2011
Abstract
The study examines the contemporary normative debate on social justice from the perspective of the normative political theory of egalitarian liberalism. Contrary to an anti-egalitarian liberal political theory, or libertarianism, the argument is that a notion of effective freedom, and not negative freedom, is central to egalitarian liberalism. Additionally, in contrast to a theoretical current of egalitarianism known as luck egalitarianism, the article further argues that although egalitarian liberalism assigns special importance to individual responsibility, it does so (unlike luck egalitarianism) without implying any concession to the conservative critique of egalitarianism and the states redistributive action.
Keywords: egalitarian liberalism, social justice, luck egalitarianism, individual responsibility
DOI: 10.1590/S0011-52582011000400003
Liberalism, social justice, and individual responsibility
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