@ARTICLE{Grabowska_Barbara_Can_2021, author={Grabowska, Barbara}, number={No 4}, journal={Przegląd Filozoficzny. Nowa Seria}, pages={107-120}, howpublished={online}, year={2021}, publisher={Komitet Nauk Filozoficznych PAN}, publisher={Wydział Filozofii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego}, abstract={John Rawls claims that self‑respect is arguably the most important of social primary goods. It has two aspects: the sense of self‑worth and confidence in one’s abilities. Both attitudes presuppose formation and completion of a reasonable life plan. Realization of a life plan is a stepping stone to personal achievement and happiness. Self‑respect implies acceptance of two rules of justice. Those rules presuppose an equal distribution of the social prerequisites for the growth of self‑respect. Self‑respect supports the sense of justice as well as political and social stability. A well‑ordered society makes it possible for everyone to achieve self‑respect through realization of an ambitious life plan, in accordance with Aristotelian conception of virtue. Virtue is also a prerequisite of happiness. In a poorly‑ordered society achievement of happiness is thwarted by socio‑economic inequality and artificial restrictions on selection of the life plans.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Can we be happy in a poorly‑ordered society, or what is the value of self‑respect according to John Rawls?}, URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/121745/PDF-MASTER/2021-04-PFIL-07-Grabowska.pdf}, doi={10.24425/pfns.2021.138977}, keywords={happiness, justice, J. Rawls, self‑respect, sense of self‑worth}, }