The Ethics of Systemic Transition

"Background Justice" of Systemic Transition

Abstract

This paper attempts to build up a "background justice" to support systemic transition, that is, Leszek Balcerowicz's fundamental theory will be evolved in terms of "dynamic egalitarianism" based on John Rawls' social justice, and I will show a paradigm aiming at the process of systemic transition. I conclude that Balcerowicz's "L policy - I policy - S policy" is secured by "background justice"; that is, L (liberalization) policy is supported by just conceptions of "justice as fairness", I (fundamental institutional restructuring) policy by political conceptions of "Property-Owning Democracy", S (stabilization) policy by the idea of "overlapping consensus".