Rawls, Capitalism & Justice

<p>This week Daniel Chandler and Lea Ypi join David to talk about the legacy of the great American political philosopher John Rawls and his theory of justice. Did Rawls provide a prescription for the only fair way of doing capitalism? Or did he really show why capitalism and justice will never be reconciled? What can Rawls teach us about how to treat each other as equals? And does it even make sense to talk about justice in Britain or America when the world as a whole remains so fundamentally unequal?</p><br><p>Daniel Chandler’s new book is <a href="https://bit.ly/3qwDN2D" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Free and Equal: What Would a Fair Society Look Like?</em></a><em> </em></p><br><p>Lea Ypi’s <a href="https://bit.ly/3oOTP7l" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Free: Coming of Age at the End of History</em></a> is out now in paperback.</p><br><p>You can hear David’s <em>History of Ideas</em> episode about Rawls and the theory of justice <a href="https://bit.ly/3MUxZaL" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>Sign up to LRB Close Readings:</p><p>Directly in Apple: <a href="https://lrb.me/ppfapplesignup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/3pJoFPq</a></p><p>In other podcast apps: <a href="https://lrb.me/ppfsignup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lrb.supportingcast.fm</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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