John Rawls : his life and theory of justice / Thomas Pogge ; translated by Michelle Kosch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pogge, Thomas, 1953- author.

Contributor:

Kosch, Michelle, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rawls, John, 1921-2002.

Rawls, John.

Justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 228 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

His life and theory of justice

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a short, accessible introduction to John Rawls' thought and gives a thorough and concise presentation of the main outlines of Rawls' theory as well as drawing links between Rawls' enterprise and other important positions in moral and political philosophy.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface ""; ""1. Biography""; ""1.1 Family and Schooling""; ""1.2 College and War""; ""1.3 Academic Career""; ""1.4 The Turbulent Decade 1962�1971""; ""1.5 After A Theory of Justice""; ""1.6 The Meaning of Rawls�s Project""; ""2. The Focus on the Basic Structure""; ""2.1 The Origin of the Theory""; ""2.2 The Complexity of Modern Societies""; ""2.3 The Idea of an Overlapping Consensus""; ""2.4 The Scope of the Theory""; ""3. A Top-Tier Criterion of Justice""; ""3.1 Purely Recipient-Oriented Criteria of Justice""; ""3.2 The Anonymity Condition""

""3.3 Fundamental Interests versus Happiness""""4. The Basic Idea: Justice as Fairness""; ""4.1 The Original Position""; ""4.2 Maximin versus Average""; ""4.3 Primary Goods""; ""4.4 The Lexical Priority of the Basic Liberties""; ""5. The First Principle of Justice""; ""5.1 The Structure of a Basic Right""; ""5.2 Formulating the Required Scheme of Basic Rights and Liberties""; ""5.3 The Fair Value of the Basic Political Liberties""; ""5.4 Permissible Reductions of Basic Liberties""; ""5.5 Impermissible Reductions of Basic Liberties""; ""6. The Second Principle of Justice""

""6.1 The Difference Principle in First Approximation""""6.2 The Difference Principle in Detail""; ""6.3 Advocating the Difference Principle in the Original Position""; ""6.4 The Opportunity Principle""; ""6.5 Advocating the Opportunity Principle in the Original Position""; ""6.6 A Property-Owning Democracy""; ""7. A Rawlsian Society""; ""7.1 A Well-Ordered Society""; ""7.2 A Political Conception of Justice""; ""7.3 Political versus Comprehensive Liberalisms""; ""7.4 An Egalitarian Liberal Conception of Justice""; ""7.5 A Society Well-Ordered by Rawls�s Conception""

""7.6 A More Realistic Vision""""8. On Justification""; ""8.1 Reflective Equilibrium""; ""8.2 Fundamental Ideas""; ""8.3 Truth and Reasonableness""; ""9. The Reception of Justice as Fairness""; ""9.1 Rawls and Libertarianism""; ""9.2 Rawls and Communitarianism""; ""9.3 Rawls and Kant""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix""; ""A.1 Timeline""; ""A.2 Literature""; ""A.2.1 Works by Rawls""; ""A.2.2 Selected Secondary Works""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-214) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-19665-7

9786611196653

0-19-803120-3

1-4356-1947-1

OCLC:

190872483