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. |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 89
... For a discussion of Aristotle on justice , see W. F. R. Hardie , Aristotle's Ethical Theory ( Oxford , The Clarendon Press , 1968 ) , ch . X. think that Aristotle would disagree with this , and certainly 10 Justice as Fairness.
... Press , 1957 ) , and Otto Gierke , Natural Law and the Theory of Society , trans . with an introduction by Ernest Barker ( Cambridge , The University Press , 1934 ) . A presentation of the contract view as primarily an ethical theory is ...
... Press , 1970 ) , pp . 73–87 . See Georges Vlachos , La Pensée politique de Kant ( Paris , Presses Universitaires de France , 1962 ) , pp . 326–335 ; and J. G. Murphy , Kant : The Philosophy of Right ( London , Macmillan , 1970 ) , pp ...
... press their claims upon one another , would agree to a principle which may require lesser life prospects for some simply for the sake of a greater sum of advantages enjoyed by others . Since each desires to protect his interests , his ...
... Mass . , Harvard University Press , 1955 ) , pp . 65–68 , for parallel remarks concerning the justification of the principles of deductive and inductive inference . 20 cases which may lead us to revise our judgments . Justice as Fairness.