Rawls's A theory of justice at 50 / edited by Paul Weithman, University of Notre Dame.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weithman, Paul J., 1959- editor.

Series:

Cambridge philosophical anniversaries

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Rawls, John.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 377 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

In 1971 John Rawls's A Theory of Justice transformed twentieth-century political philosophy, and it ranks among the most influential works in the history of the subject. This volume of new essays marks the 50th anniversary of its publication with a multi-faceted exploration of Rawls's most important book. A team of distinguished contributors reflects on Rawls's achievement in essays on his relationship to modern political philosophy and 20th-century economic theory, on his Kantianism, on his transition to political liberalism, on his account of public reason and contemporary challenges to it, on his theory's implications for problems of racial justice, on democracy and its fragility, and on Rawls's enduring legacy. The volume will be valuable for students and scholars working in moral and political philosophy, political theory, legal theory, and religious ethics.

Contents:

Editor's Introduction

Rawls and History

Developments between A Theory of Justice and Political Liberalism

Rawls, Ideal Theory and the Persistence of Injustice

Pluralism, Democracy and the Future of Justice as Fairness.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781009214704 (ebook)