Rawls

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Routledge, May 23, 2007 - Philosophy - 576 pages

In this superb introduction, Samuel Freeman introduces and assesses the main topics of Rawls' philosophy. Starting with a brief biography and charting the influences on Rawls' early thinking, he goes on to discuss the heart of Rawls's philosophy: his principles of justice and their practical application to society.

Subsequent chapters discuss Rawls's theories of liberty, political and economic justice, democratic institutions, goodness as rationality, moral psychology, political liberalism, and international justice and a concluding chapter considers Rawls' legacy.

Clearly setting out the ideas in Rawls' masterwork, A Theory of Justice, Samuel Freeman also considers Rawls' other key works, including Political Liberalism and The Law of Peoples. An invaluable introduction to this deeply influential philosopher, Rawls is essential reading for anyone coming to his work for the first time.

 

Contents

One Introduction
1
Two Liberalism Democracy and the Principles of Justice
43
Three The Second Principle and Distributive Justice
86
Four The Original Position
141
Five Just Institutions
199
Six The Stability of Justice as Fairness
243
Seven Kantian Constructivism and the Transition to Political Liberalism
284
Eight Political Liberalism I the Domain of the Political
324
Nine Political Liberalism II Overlapping Consensus and Public Reason
365
Ten The Law of Peoples
416
Eleven Conclusion
457
Glossary
463
Notes
485
Bibliography
515
Index
536
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About the author (2007)

Samuel Freeman is Professor of Philosophy and Law at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the editor of the Cambridge Companion to Rawls.

Bibliographic information

TitleRawls
The Routledge Philosophers
AuthorSamuel Freeman
Editionillustrated
PublisherRoutledge, 2007
ISBN1134418922, 9781134418923
Length576 pages
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Philosophy / General
Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern
Philosophy / Political
  
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