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Title:

Rawls

Author:

Freeman, Samuel Richard.

ISBN:

9780415301084

9780415301091

Personal Author:

Freeman, Samuel Richard.

Publication Information:

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2007.

Physical Description:

xxi, 550 p. ; 22 cm.

Series:

Routledge philosophers

Contents:

Introduction -- Liberalism, democracy, and the principles of justice -- The second principle and distributive justice -- The original position -- Just institutions -- The stability of justice as fairness -- Kantian constructivism -- Political liberalism I : the domain of the political -- Political liberalism II : overlapping consensus and public reason -- The law of peoples -- Conclusion.

Personal Subject:

Rawls, John, 1921-2002.

Subject Term:

Justice.

Political science -- Philosophy.

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Summary

In this superb introduction, Samuel Freeman introduces and assesses the main topics of Rawls' philosophy. Starting with a brief biography and charting the influences on Rawls' early thinking, he goes on to discuss the heart of Rawls's philosophy: his principles of justice and their practical application to society.

Subsequent chapters discuss Rawls's theories of liberty, political and economic justice, democratic institutions, goodness as rationality, moral psychology, political liberalism, and international justice andnbsp;a concluding chapter considers Rawls' legacy.

Clearly setting out the ideas in Rawls' masterwork, A Theory of Justice, Samuel Freeman also considers Rawls' other key works, including Political Liberalism and The Law of Peoples. An invaluable introduction to this deeply influential philosopher, Rawls is essential reading for anyone coming to his work for the first time.