Rawls (Oneworld Thinkers)

This illuminating guide covers the most interesting and important aspects of Rawls' work in a stimulating manner, highlighting the foundations that underlie his conception of Justice, and explaining the rationale for his famous starting point, The Veil of Ignorance. Also detailing the criticisms that have met his arguments, this study will prove essential reading for students, scholars, and interested readers alike. What Is Justice? How Can We Make Our Society More Just? Combining Exposition With Though-provoking Criticism, Paul Graham Has Given Us The First Introduction To Rawls's Work Which Encompasses His Entire Career - From His Early Articles In The 1950s To His Death In 2002. The Most Significant Political Philosopher Since John Stuart Mill, Rawls's A Theory Of Justice Sold Over 250,000 Copies And Has Been Translated Into 20 Languages. His Presentation Of Social Justice, And Particularly His Contention That How We Organize Society Should Rectify Undeserved Inequality Rather Than Ratify It, Has Been The Source Not Only Of Academic Argument, But Of Political Debate And Legislative Reform.--jacket. Life And Work -- Justice -- The Prisoner's Dilemma -- The Original Position -- Principles Of Justice -- The Original Position -- Parameters Of The Theory -- Motivation -- Proceduralism -- Reflective Equilibrium And Stability -- Principles Of Justice -- Options -- Equal Liberty -- Fair Equality Of Opportunity -- The Difference Principle -- Just Savings -- The Difference Principle In Focus -- Nozick And Autonomy -- Cohen And Motivational Instability -- Dworkin And Resourcism -- Experimental Approaches To Justice -- The Original Position In Focus -- Sandel And Communitarianism -- Gilligan And Feminism -- Nagel On The Personal And The Impersonal -- Natural Duty And Political Obligation -- Civil Disobedience And Punishment -- Majority Rule -- The Role Of Civil Disobedience -- King And The Civil Rights Movement -- Punishment -- Political Liberalism -- A Moralized Modus Vivendi -- Stability -- Reasonable Pluralism -- Overlapping Consensus -- Rawls And Habermas -- Autonomy And Religious Commitment -- The Law Of Peoples -- Liberal Peoples -- Non-liberal Peoples -- Just Wars -- Global Distributive Justice. Paul Graham. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 169-172) And Index. What is justice? How can we know it? Harder still, how can we implement it? Combining lucid exposition with thought-provoking criticism, Paul Graham has given us the first introduction to Rawls'work which encompasses his entire career – from his early articles in the 1950s to his death in 2002. The most significant political philosopher since John Stuart Mill, Rawls'Theory of Justice sold over 250,000 copies and has been translated into 20 languages. His presentation of social justice, and particularly his contention that how we organize society should rectify undeserved inequality rather than ratify it, has been the source not only of academic argument, but of political debate and legislative reform. Covering the most interesting and important aspects of Rawls'work in a stimulating manner, this study will prove essential reading for students, scholars, and interested readers alike. What is justice? How can we know it? Harder still, how can we implement it?ombining lucid exposition with thought-provoking criticism, Paul Graham hasiven us the first introduction to Rawls' work which encompasses his entireareer - from his early articles in the 1950s to his death in 2002. The mostignificant political philosopher since John Stuart Mill, Rawls' "Theory ofustice" sold over 250,000 copies and has been translated into 20 languages.is presentation of social justice, and particularly his contention that howe organize society should rectify undeserved inequality rather than ratifyt, has been the source not only of academic argument, but of politicalebate and legislative reform. Covering the most interesting and importantspects of Rawls' work in a stimulating manner, this study will provessential reading for students, scholars, and interested readers alike