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A Theory of Justice is a 1971 work of political philosophy and ethics by the philosopher John Rawls (1921–2002) in which the author attempts to provide a moral theory alternative to utilitarianism and that addresses the problem of distributive justice (the socially just distribution of goods in a society). The theory uses an updated form of ...
Part One. Theory CHAPTER I. JUSTICE AS FAIRNESS 3 1. The Role of Justice 3 2. The Subject of Justice 6 3. The Main Idea of the Theory of Justice 10 4. The Original Position and Justification 15 5. Classical Utilitarianism 19 6. Some Related Contrasts 24 7. Intuitionism 30 8. The Priority Problem 36 9. Some Remarks about Moral Theory 40 CHAPTER II.
Since it appeared in 1971, John Rawls's A Theory of Justice has become a classic. The author has now revised the original edition to clear up a number of difficulties he and others have found in the original book.
Since it appeared in 1971, John Rawls's A Theory ofJustice has become a classic. The author has now revised theoriginal edition to clear up a number of dif...
Rawls aims to express an essential part of the common core of the democratic tradition--justice as fairness--and to provide an alternative to utilitarianism, which had dominated the Anglo-Saxon...
Mar 25, 2008 · Rawls first set out justice as fairness in systematic detail in his 1971 book, A Theory of Justice. Rawls continued to rework justice as fairness throughout his life, restating the theory in Political Liberalism (1993), The Law of Peoples (1999), and Justice as Fairness (2001).
John Rawls aims to express an essential part of the common coreof the democratic tradition-justice as fairness-and to provide analternative to utilitarianism, w...
Nov 17, 2022 · A theory of justice. This volume is a widely-read book of political philosophy and ethics. Arguing for a principled reconciliation of liberty and equality, it attempts to solve the problem of distributive justice (this concerns what is considered to be socially just with respect to the allocation of goods in a society).
Since it appeared in 1971, John Rawls's A Theory of Justice has become a classic. The author has now revised the original edition to clear up a number of difficulties he and others have...
Jul 10, 2024 · The first section of A Theory of Justice is called “The Role of Justice,” and it begins with a bold assertion of the centrality of the virtue of justice: “Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought.”
