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Dependency in Justice: Can Rawlsian Liberalism Accommodate Kittay's Dependency Critique?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Asha Bhandary
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Abstract

This essay assesses the compatibility of Eva Kittay's dependency critique with Rawlsian political liberalism. I argue for the inclusion of a modified version of Kittay's revisions within Rawlsian theory in order to yield a theory that supports much of dependency work. Beyond these selected changes, however, I argue that Kittay's other proposed changes should not be included because they are incompatible with Rawls, and furthermore, their incorporation does not yield a theory that includes utter dependents.

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Hypatia , Volume 25 , Issue 1: Special Issue: FEAST I: Current Work in Feminist Ethics and Social Theory , Winter 2010 , pp. 140 - 156
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Copyright © 2010 by Hypatia, Inc.

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