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Popper on social engineering and Hayek's critique of social justice
| Resumo: | [Excerpt] 0. Introduction: Is Popper’s conception of social engineering in line with Hayek’s critique of social justice? Or, in other words: is Popper a friend or an enemy of the very idea of social justice? To answer this question, I start by outlining Popper’s critical rationalism and I connect this general outlook with the conception of social engineering. Then, I refer to Hayek’s epistemic critique of social justice and of Popper’s conception of social engineering. Before concluding, I focus on the ends of piecemeal social engineering advocated by Popper and I compare his views with Hayek’s [1]. The ideal outcome of this paper would be the choice between two contrasting hypotheses, namely: (h1) Popper’s defence of social engineering is a convincing argument against Hayek’s critique of social justice – in fact, Popper is a friend of social justice; (h2) Popper’s defence of social engineering is, in practical terms, another version of Hayek’s critique of social justice – accordingly, Popper is an enemy of social justice. As things turned out – and as far as I am concerned – it will not be easy to decide between these two incompatible hypotheses. [...] |
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| Autores principais: | Rosas, João Cardoso |
| Assunto: | social engineering social justice Popper Hyek |
| Ano: | 2004 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | [Excerpt] 0. Introduction: Is Popper’s conception of social engineering in line with Hayek’s critique of social justice? Or, in other words: is Popper a friend or an enemy of the very idea of social justice? To answer this question, I start by outlining Popper’s critical rationalism and I connect this general outlook with the conception of social engineering. Then, I refer to Hayek’s epistemic critique of social justice and of Popper’s conception of social engineering. Before concluding, I focus on the ends of piecemeal social engineering advocated by Popper and I compare his views with Hayek’s [1]. The ideal outcome of this paper would be the choice between two contrasting hypotheses, namely: (h1) Popper’s defence of social engineering is a convincing argument against Hayek’s critique of social justice – in fact, Popper is a friend of social justice; (h2) Popper’s defence of social engineering is, in practical terms, another version of Hayek’s critique of social justice – accordingly, Popper is an enemy of social justice. As things turned out – and as far as I am concerned – it will not be easy to decide between these two incompatible hypotheses. [...] |
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