John Rawls His Life and Theory of Justice

Name: John Rawls His Life and Theory of Justice
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ISBN: 9780195136371

ISBN-10: 0195136373

ISBN-13: 9780195136371

Edition: 2006

Authors: Thomas Pogge, Michelle Kosch

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John Rawls was one of the most important political philosophers of our time, and promises to be an enduring figure over the coming decades. His Theory of Justice (1971) has had a profound impact across philosophy, politics, law, and economics. Nonetheless Rawlsian theory is not easy to understand, particularly for beginners, and his writing can be dense and forbidding. Thomas Pogge's short introduction (originally published in German) gives a thorough and concise presentation of the main outlines of Rawls's theory, introduces biographical information when necessary, and draws links between the Rawlsian enterprise and other important positions in moral and political philosophy.

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List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/27/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 8.23" wide x 5.55" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English




Biography



Family and Schooling



College and War



Academic Career



The Turbulent Decade 1962-1971



After A Theory of Justice



The Meaning of Rawls's Project



The Focus on the Basic Structure



The Origin of the Theory



The Complexity of Modern Societies



The Idea of an Overlapping Consensus



The Scope of the Theory



A Top-Tier Criterion of Justice



Purely Recipient-Oriented Criteria of Justice



The Anonymity Condition



Fundamental Interests versus Happiness



The Basic Idea: Justice as Fairness



The Original Position



Maximin versus Average



Primary Goods



The Lexical Priority of the Basic Liberties



The First Principle of Justice



The Structure of a Basic Right



Formulating the Required Scheme of Basic Rights and Liberties



The Fair Value of the Basic Political Liberties



Permissible Reductions of Basic Liberties



Impermissible Reductions of Basic Liberties



The Second Principle of Justice



The Difference Principle in First Approximation



The Difference Principle in Detail



Advocating the Difference Principle in the Original Position



The Opportunity Principle



Advocating the Opportunity Principle in the Original Position



A Property-Owning Democracy



A Rawlsian Society



A Well-Ordered Society



A Political Conception of Justice



Political versus Comprehensive Liberalisms



An Egalitarian Liberal Conception of Justice



A Society Well-Ordered by Rawls's Conception



A More ReaHstic Vision



On Justification



Reflective Equilibrium



Fundamental Ideas



Truth and Reasonableness



The Reception of Justice as Fairness



Rawls and Libertarianism



Rawls and Communitarianism



Rawls and Kant


Conclusion


Appendix



Timeline



Literature



Works by Rawls



Selected Secondary Works



Collections



Monographs



Essays


Index