From Legitimacy to Justification: An Unfinished Paradigm Shift

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A. John Simmons has made a distinction between justification and legitimacy and condemned the confusion of them in John Rawls and some other philosophers. The article argues that the difference between Simmons and Rawls is in essence a difference between Lockism and Kantism. The change of key issue from legitimacy to justification in contemporary political philosophy indicates an unfinished paradigm shift from Lockism to Kantism.

Key words: legitimacy, justification, justice, citizenship, membership

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Lian ZHOU. From Legitimacy to Justification: An Unfinished Paradigm Shift[J]. Journal of East China Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), 2007, 39(6): 21-30, 37.

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