On Rawls's Distinction between Perfect and Imperfect Procedural Justice.

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  • Author(s): Gustafsson, Martin
  • Source:
    Philosophy of the Social Sciences. Jun2004, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p300-305. 6p.
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    • Subject Terms:
      RAWLS, John, 1921-2002; JUSTICE (Philosophy); PHILOSOPHY; LEGAL procedure; JUSTICE; SOCIAL sciences
    • Abstract:
      Rawls's distinction between perfect and imperfect procedural justice relies on the notion of a procedure that is guaranteed to lead to a certain independently specifiable result. Clarification of this notion shows that it makes the distinction between perfect and imperfect procedural justice unreal, in the following sense: whether, in a particular case, we have an instance of perfect or imperfect procedural justice depends only on how we choose to specify the procedure that is being followed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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