Infinitely Demanding: Ethics of Commitment, Politics of Resistance

Abstract

indeed endorse the two principles, or at least priority to the worst-off.This is questionable: the considerable effort Rawls devotes to attacking utilitarianism is evidence that there is at least one reasonable alternative to the two principles derivable from the original position.Minor -and not unreasonablechanges to some of the assumptions of the original position would likely yield other conceptions of justice.It is paradoxical that Audard emphasizes tolerance of competing reasons for endorsing a particular conception of justice, but is much less tolerant in relation to the chosen conception.Despite the huge secondary literature on Rawls there are still relatively few works that attempt a broad interpretation of his project.Exceptions are recent books by Thomas Pogge and Samuel Freeman.Audard offers an interesting and valuable addition to the list.