A Theory of Justice: Original EditionJohn 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 tradition of political thought since the nineteenth century. Rawls substitutes the ideal of the social contract as a more satisfactory account of the basic rights and liberties of citizens as free and equal persons. “Each person,” writes Rawls, “possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override.” Advancing the ideas of Rousseau, Kant, Emerson, and Lincoln, Rawls’s theory is as powerful today as it was when first published. |
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... justice as fairness. The revised edition of A Theory of Justice and Justice As Fairness: A Restatement are the definitive statements of Rawls's view. But because so much of the extensive literature on Rawls's theory refers to the first ...
... justice . ? Where I have not accepted their conclusions I have had to 1. In the order mentioned in the first paragraph , the references for the six essays are as follows : “ Justice as Fairness , ” The Philosophical Review , vol . 57 ...
... justice and what I call the general conception of justice is similar to that proposed by S. I. Benn . I am grateful ... Fairness , ” in Nomos VI : Justice . 4. See $ . I. Benn , “ Egalitarianism and the Equal Consideration of Interests ...
Original Edition John Rawls. CONTENTS Part One . Theory CHAPTER I. JUSTICE AS FAIRNESS 3 1. The Role of Justice 3 2. The Subject of Justice 7 3. The Main Idea of the Theory of Justice 11 4. The Original Position and Justification 17 5 ...
... Justice and the Constitution 221 37. Limitations on the Principle of Participation 228 38. The Rule of Law 235 39. The Priority of Liberty Defined 243 40. The Kantian Interpretation of Justice as Fairness 251 CHAPTER V. DISTRIBUTIVE ...