期刊名称:Reason Papers : A Journal of Interdisciplinary Normative Studies
印刷版ISSN:0363-1893
出版年度:1975
卷号:2
出版社:Reason Papers
摘要:The centrsl question examined in this paper may be stated at the outset. What are the boundaries or limits on changes in the distribution or assignment of rights among persons in a society that may be ""explained" on pounds of col~tinuing social contract? I do not provide more than a few suggestions toward a see of answers. E should argue, nonetheless, that the quesdioii is of vital importance in the 1970s. We witness everywhere what must be described as an erosion in the rights sf individuals, rights that were previously acknowledged. As social scientists, we are under some sbGgationa to "explain" what is happening, and we must keep in mind Ghat simplest of principles; diagnosis precedes prescription for cure