Abstract

De-Kanting Rawls: evolutionary justifcation of the theory of justice by Ken Binmore:
 The article discusses the criticism of John Rawls’s theory of justice formulated by Ken Binmore. Binmore criticizes Rawls in his work for inadequate justifcation of fairness norms. In
 his opinion, their proper justifcation requires the rejection of Kant’s “metaphysics” in favor
 of Hume’s empiricism. To explain how fairness norms actually work, one must frst provide
 a convincing account of evolutionary processes that could lead to such norms being encoded
 in our genome. Secondly, it should be explained how this biological mechanism interacts with
 our cultural heritage and generates a selection of balance points in games that describe our
 social interactions.

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