A Theory of Justice, Revised EditionHarvard University Press, 30 sept. 1999 - 538 pages Since it appeared in 1971, John Rawls's A Theory of Justice has become a classic. The author has now revised the original edition to clear up a number of difficulties he and others have found in the original book. 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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... ideal part assumes strict compliance and works out the principles that characterize a well - or- dered society under favorable circumstances . It develops the conception of a perfectly just basic structure and the corresponding duties ...
... ideal procedure . Now since even rational legislators would often reach different conclusions , there is a necessity for a vote under ideal conditions . The restrictions on information will not guarantee agreement , since the tendencies ...
... ideal counterpart , but also because this counterpart is that of an imperfect procedure . A just constitution must ... ideal procedure . " 18 These remarks are confirmed by a further contrast . In the ideal market process some weight is ...
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JUSTICE AS FAIRNESS | 3 |
The Subject of Justice | 6 |
The Main Idea of the Theory of Justice | 10 |
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