Robin Pawlett-Howell

Thesis

Thesis

Phenomenology, Self-Respect, and Justice: Creating a Dialogue Between French Phenomenology and a Rawlsian Approach to Justice

Supervisors: Professor Matthew Ratcliffe and Professor Martin O'Neill

Research

Research

My project, funded by the White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities, seeks to establish a constructive dialogue between post-Husserlian phenomenology and John Rawls’s approach to justice. The aim of this, taken broadly, is to establish a richer and more dynamic conception of the subject and of society within Rawls, thereby enabling Rawlsians to better handle complex claims for recognition. Concomitant to these aims, is the assertion that contemporary political philosophers might benefit from an accompanying concern with phenomenology, and from an engagement with the phenomenological aspects of human experience.