Honneth’s Reconstructive Method and Theory of Social Justice

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Published: Jul 30, 2023
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Ployjai Pintobtang
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In Freedom’s Right, Honneth attempts to reconstruct Hegel’s basic ideas in Philosophy of Right and “develop the principles of social justice by means of an analysis of society (Honneth, 2014, p.7)” namely the reconstructive method in contrast to Kantian-Rawlsian constructivist theory of justice that does not take into account social reality and therefore, risks imposing abstract theory upon social reality inappropriately. However, contrary to Honneth's argument, his "reconstructive method" is far from being an adequate alternative to the Rawlsian constructive counterpar.

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Pintobtang, P. (2023). Honneth’s Reconstructive Method and Theory of Social Justice. Journal of the Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand, 18(1), 72–83. Retrieved from https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/parst/article/view/265128
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Vol. 18 No. 1 (2023): Journal of Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand
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