ISBN:
9781107173194
,
131662577X
,
9781316625774
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 212 Seiten
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Edmundson, William Atkins, - 1948- John Rawls
DDC:
320.01/1
Keywords:
Rawls, John Political and social views
;
Political stability
;
Justice
;
Liberalism
;
Rawls, John 1921-2002
;
Philosophie
Abstract:
"This book is the first detailed reconstruction of the late work of John Rawls, who was perhaps the most influential philosopher of the twentieth century. Rawls's 1971 treatise, A theory of justice, stimulated an outpouring of commentary on "justice-as-fairness," his conception of justice for an ideal, self-contained, modern political society. Most of that commentary took Rawls to be defending welfare-state capitalism as found in Western Europe and the United States. Far less attention has been given to Rawls's 2001 book, Justice as fairness: a restatement. In the Restatement, Rawls not only substantially reformulates the "original position" argument for the two principles of justice-as-fairness but also repudiates capitalist regimes as possible embodiments. Edmundson further develops Rawls's non-ideal theory, which guides us when we find ourselves in a society that falls well short of justice."--Page 4 of cover
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Conceptions of property in the original position -- Property-owning democracy versus liberal socialism -- Fair value and the fact of domination -- The four-stage sequence -- The circumstances of politics -- Rescuing the difference principle -- The special psychologies -- Socialism and stability -- The common content of the two regimes -- The property question -- Religion and reticence -- Non-ideal theory : the transition to socialism.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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