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And yes you have a point with your reserves about the Rawlsian consensus, although in that case I think the main problem is something else: Republicans have thrown out of the debate those who argued that government was not always the problem through 50 years of propaganda. They were not thrown out because they did not want to take part in a reasonable discussion. They certainly did not exclude themselves.
It's more an Overton window problem, with Obama not willing to try to move it. Actually, Republicans are out of the Rawlsian consensus (they will block ANYTHING so they probably are the antithesis of the Rawlsian consensus), but they occupy most of the Overton window. Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi
It's more an Overton window problem, with Obama not willing to try to move it.
I was writing about ethics...
Just like legality and legitimacy are not the same thing, ethics and morality are not the same thing. By laying out pros and cons we risk inducing people to join the debate, and losing control of a process that only we fully understand. - Alan Greenspan
- Jake Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.
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