Question

Which of the following do both kant and rawls support?

Answer 1

Answer:

C

Explanation: Which of the following do both Kant and Rawls support?

a) Incorrect. Both Kant and Rawls reject this view of rights. Instead they both believe that rights set limits on what can be done in the name of maximizing overall happiness.

b) Incorrect. Both Kant and Rawls believe that human beings have the capacity for reason/rationality (recall Kant's attempt to derive moral principles from a principle of rationality and Rawls' thought experiment of the original position where individuals are left with little but their rationality).

c) Correct.

d) Incorrect. Kant and Rawls believe the opposite, i.e. they both believe that the right/just is prior to the good in the sense that principles of justice and right are determined/justified independently of any particular notion of the good life and, moreover, limit the range of conceptions of the good that people are allowed to pursue in a political community.

e) Incorrect. Kant and Rawls reject a) and d).