Pamięć liberała. Dyskusja o komunizmie i sprawiedliwości w społeczeństwie pluralistycznym
A liberal’s memory. Discussion on communism and justice in a pluralist society

Author(s): Paweł Marczewski
Subject(s): 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: democracy; liberalism; lustration; justice; John Rawls
Summary/Abstract: Th e author argues that the dispute on whether lustration is in accordance with liberalideals of individual freedom and pluralism, an argument shown using the example ofthe exchange between Paweł Śpiewak and Andrzej Walicki, can be settled by referringto John Rawls’s idea of justice as fairness. Th e concept allows the author to assess whetherlustration is just – it provides theoretical tools to set aside individual responsibility and assess the eff ects that the communist system had on democracy in Poland aft er1989 and whether individuals who helped to sustain this system received unfair benefi tsresulting from their cooperation.

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