1) Williams suggests the Basic Legitimation Demand as a criterion that needs to be meet by the state instead of presupposed normative moral principles. In my understanding of the text this considers the demand of individuals as equal. But is equality itself not a moral claim that is presupposed?
2) Williams highlights the complexity
of justice as being an epistemological factor, he questions the universal existence
of legitimacy and argues rather that the legitimacy of states and power is dependend of time. Legitimacy
seems therefore not the most important question in his theory but rather the
presupposed integration of individuals in the political sphere and how given
this integration, justice can be achieved. The questions attacked by Rawls and
Williams seems therefore different, since Rawls is arguing for universal principles of
justice and Williams explores how to create justice given pluralistic principles. Can justice in Williams opinion only be demanded on a domestic level? How to justify the states borders and not cosmopolitan demands?