Justice and the social contract : essays on Rawlsian political philosophy / Samuel Freeman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freeman, Samuel Richard

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice.

Social contract.

Rawls, John, 1921-2002. Theory of justice.

Rawls, John.

Physical Description:

xii, 340 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

John Rawls (1921-2002) was one of the 20th century's most important philosophers and continues to be among the most widely discussed of contemporary thinkers. His work, particularly A Theory of Justice, is integral to discussions of social and international justice, democracy, liberalism, welfare economics, and constitutional law, in departments of philosophy, politics, economics, law, public policy, and others. Samuel Freeman is one of Rawls's foremost interpreters. This volume contains nine of his essays on Rawls and Rawlsian justice, two of which are previously unpublished. Freeman places Rawls within historical context in the social contract tradition, addresses criticisms of his positions, anddiscusses the implications of his views on issues of distributive justice, liberalism and democracy, international justice, and other subjects. This collection will be useful to the wide range of scholars interested in Rawls and theories of justice.

Contents:

Part I A Theory of Justice

1 Reason and Agreement in Social Contract Views 17

2 Utilitarianism, Deontology, and the Priority of Right 45

3 Consequentialism, Publicity, Stability, and Property-Owning Democracy 75

4 Rawls and Luck Egalitarianism 111

5 Congruence and the Good of Justice 143

Part II Political Liberalism

6 Political Liberalism and the Possibility of a Just Democratic Constitution 175

7 Public Reason and Political Justification 215

Part III The Law of Peoples

8 The Law of Peoples, Social Cooperation, Human Rights, and Distributive Justice 259

9 Distributive Justice and the Law of Peoples 297

Appendix A Remarks on John Rawls (Memorial Service, Sanders Theater, Harvard University, February 27, 2003) 323

Appendix B John Rawls: Friend and Teacher (Chronicle Review: The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 13, 2002) 325.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0195301412

9780195301410

OCLC:

62782304

Publisher Number:

9780195301410