Diritti, giustizia e vita buona. Ronald Dworkin e il liberalismo egualitario

Una lettura morale

Abstract

In public opinion – along the whole Left-Right political spectrum – few can resist the temptation of calling themselves “liberal”, without further specifying their own position. It may therefore be of interest to Moral Theology to dialogue with one of the most significant exponents of the Philosophy of American Law – Ronald Dworkin – who rightly finds his place in the egalitarian movement of contemporary English speaking liberal thought. From his initial adhesion to classical liberalism, his course of studies brought him to a much more advanced theory regarding individual rights, in which the virtue of equality occupies a central role. It may therefore be useful to introduce a comparison with other contemporary Philosophies of society (Habermas) and with the teaching of the Church regarding the contiguous but distinct concept of “common good”.