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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 ...
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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.
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Sep 30, 1999 · A classic work of political philosophy that explores the concept of justice and its application to society. The author revised the original edition to address criticisms and clarify his arguments, and the book received praise and acclaim from various reviewers.
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...
- JOHN RAWLS
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...
- JOHN RAWLS
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).
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).
