Frederick Amrine

Social Justice in Light of Reincarnation and Karma Frederick Amrine

This study begins by recapitulating briefly Rudolf Steiner's ideas about reincarnation and karma. The heart of the argument is a comparison of Steiner's views with those of John Rawls and Peter Singer, perhaps the two greatest moral philosophers of the second half of the 20th century. Peters Singer's work suggests a thought experiment whereby the notions of reincarnation and karma turn out to be central to an understanding of social justice.