Justice as fairness : a restatement / John Rawls ; edited by Erin Kelly.
2001
JC578 .R3693 2001 (Mapit)
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Title
Justice as fairness : a restatement / John Rawls ; edited by Erin Kelly.
Author
Rawls, John, 1921-2002.
ISBN
0674005112 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0674005104 (alk. paper)
0674005104 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
Language
English
Description
xviii, 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
JC578 .R3693 2001
Dewey Decimal Classification
320/.01/1
Summary
This book originated as lectures for a course on political philosophy that Rawls taught regularly at Harvard in the 1980s. In time the lectures became a restatement of his theory of justice as fairness, revised in light of his more recent papers and his treatise Political Liberalism (1993). Rawls offers a broad overview of his main lines of thought and also explores specific issues never before addressed in any of his writings. He is well aware that since the publication of A Theory of Justice in 1971, American society has moved farther away from the idea of justice as fairness. Yet his ideas retain their power and relevance to debates in a pluralistic society about the meaning and theoretical viability of liberalism. This book demonstrates that moral clarity can be achieved even when a collective commitment to justice is uncertain.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Kelly, Erin.
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