A Theory of Justice: Revised Edition by Rawls, John

Description: 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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EAN: 9780674000780

UPC: 9780674000780

ISBN: 9780674000780

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Item Length: 23.4 cm

Number of Pages: 560 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: A Theory of Justice: Revised Edition

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Publication Year: 1999

Subject: Law

Item Height: 235 mm

Item Weight: 608 g

Type: Textbook

Author: John Rawls

Item Width: 156 mm

Format: Paperback