Rawlsian Public Reason and Climate Change: a Blueprint for Integrationist Justice

Integrationist methodologies to climate justice aim to formulate a conception of justice that encompasses principles of global and intergenerational justice, arguing we should treat climate issues in the light of this general theory. In this article, we contend that there are compelling reasons to pursue a minimal conception of justice, and, within this context, Rawls’ late conception of public reason is particularly relevant. We propose that a minimal conception of justice for an integrationist approach need not be bound by […]