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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... Problem 40 9. Some Remarks about Moral Theory 46 CHAPTER II . THE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE 54 10. Institutions and Formal Justice 54 11. Two Principles of Justice 60 12. Interpretations of the Second Principle 65 13. Democratic Equality ...
... Problem of Relative Stability 496 77. The Basis of Equality 504 CHAPTER IX . THE GOOD OF JUSTICE 513 78. Autonomy and Objectivity 513 79. The Idea of Social Union 520 80. The Problem of Envy 530 81. Envy and Equality 534 82. The Grounds ...
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