Huellas de Rousseau en Rawls: La construcción colectiva de la justicia

Rousseau and Rawls are two of the most relevant political philosophers of the modern Western tradition, both for their innovative works and for the debates they have generated with their complex reflections on the fairest way to organize our societies. With marked differences, they have had clear similarities that connect them as singular and attractive thinkers who have bequeathed two of the most relevant works of political philosophy of all times. Reflecting in very different contexts, both have been deeply admired and profusely criticized. They are essential protagonists to understand and comprehend ourselves as political subjects who shared the persistent intellectual concern of thinking the best way to organize social institutions to allow fairer societies. This article aims to make visible the traces and impact of Rousseau in Rawls’s reflections, trying to understand how much Rousseau may have influenced Rawls’s ideas.