{"product_id":"a-theory-of-justice-9780674000780","title":"A Theory of Justice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince it appeared in 1971, John Rawls's \u003ci\u003eA Theory of Justice\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI don’t know of a more lucid articulation of the intuitions many of us share about what is just. -- Scott Turow * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eIn his magisterial new work…John Rawls draws on the most subtle techniques of contemporary analytic philosophy to provide the social contract tradition with what is, from a philosophical point of view at least, the most formidable defense it has yet received…[and] makes available the powerful intellectual resources and the comprehensive approach that have so far eluded antiutilitarians. He also makes clear how wrong it was to claim, as so many were claiming only a few years back, that systematic moral and political philosophy are dead… Whatever else may be true it is surely true that we must develop a sterner and more fastidious sense of justice. In making his peerless contribution to political theory, John Rawls has made a unique contribution to this urgent task. No higher achievement is open to a scholar. -- Marshall Cohen * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eRawls’s \u003ci\u003eTheory of Justice\u003c\/i\u003e is widely and justly regarded as this century’s most important work of political philosophy. Originally published in 1971, it quickly became the subject of extensive commentary and criticism, which led Rawls to revise some of the arguments he had originally put forward in this work… This edition will certainly become the definitive one; all scholars will use it, and it will be an essential text for any academic library. It contains a new preface that helpfully outlines the major revisions, and a ‘conversion table’ that correlates the pagination of this edition with the original, which will be useful to students and scholars working with this edition and the extensive secondary literature on Rawls’s work. Highly recommended. -- J. D. Moon * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e[Rawls] has elucidated a conception of justice which goes beyond anything to be found in Kant or Rousseau. It is a convincing refutation, if one is needed, of any lingering suspicions that the tradition of English-speaking political philosophy might be dead. Indeed, his book might plausibly be claimed to be the most notable contribution to that tradition to have been published since Sidgwick and Mill. * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eEnlightenment comes in various forms, sometimes even by means of books. And it is a pleasure to recommend…an indigenous American philosophical masterpiece of the first order… I mean…to press my recommendation of [this book] to non-philosophers, especially those holding positions of responsibility in law and government. For the topic with which it deals is central to this country’s purposes, and the misunderstanding of that topic is central to its difficulties… And the central idea is simple, elegant, plausible, and easily applied by anybody at any time as a measure of the justice of his own actions. -- Peter Caws * New Republic *\u003cbr\u003eWith the simple carpentry of its arguments, its egalitarian leanings, and its preoccupation with fairness, Rawls’s classic 1971 work, \u003ci\u003eA Theory of Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, is as American a book as, say, Mark Twain’s \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e. -- Will Blythe * Civilization *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface for the Revised Edition       Preface     PART ONE THEORY    Chapter Justice as Fairness   The Role of Justice   The Subject of Justice   The Main idea of The Theory of Justice   The Original Position and Justification   Classical Utilitarianism   Some  Related Contrasts   Intuitionism   The Priority Problem   Some Remarks about Moral Theory    The Principles of Justice   Institutions and Formal Justice   Two Principles of Justice   Interpretations of The Second Principle    Democratic Equality and The Difference  Principle    Fair Equality of Opportunity and Pure Procedural Justice   Primary Social Goods as The Basis of Expectations   Relevant Social Positions   The Tendency to Equality   Principles for Individuals: The Principle of Fairness   Principles for Individuals: The Natural Duties    The Original Position   The Nature of The Argument for Conceptions of Justice   The Presentation of Alternatives   The Circumstances of Justice   The Formal Constraints of The Concept of Right   The Veil of Ignorance   The Rationality of The Parties   The Reasoning Leading to The Two Principles of Justice   The Reasoning Leading to The Principle of Average Utility   Some Difficulties with The Average Principle   Some Main Grounds for The Two Principles of Justice   Classical Utilitarianism, Impartiality, and Benevolence    PART TWO: INSTITUTIONS    Equal Liberty   The Four-Stage Sequence   The Concept of Liberty   Equal Liberty of Conscience   Toleration and The Common Interest   Toleration of The Intolerant   Political Justice and The Constitution   Limitations on The Principle of Participation   The Rule of Law   The Priority of Liberty Defined    The Kantian Interpretation of Justice as Fairness    Distributive Shares   The Concept of Justice in Political Economy   Some Remarks about Economic Systems   Background Institutions for Distributive Justice   The Problem of Justice between Generations   Time Preference   Further Cases of Priority   The Precepts of Justice   Legitimate Expectations and Moral Desert   Comparison with Mixed Conceptions   The Principle of Perfection    Duty and Obligation   The Arguments for The Principles of Natural Duty   The Arguments for The Principle of Fairness   The Duty to Comply with an Unjust Law   The Status of Majority Rule    The Definition of Civil Disobedience   The Definition of Conscientious Refusal   The Justification of Civil Disobedience   The Justification of Conscientious Refusal   The Role of Civil Disobedience    PART THREE: ENDS    Goodness as Rationality   The Need for a Theory of The Good   The Definition of Good for Simpler Cases   A Note on Meaning   The Definition of Good for Plans of Life    Deliberative Rationality   The Aristotelian Principle   The Definition of Good Applied to Persons   Self-Respect, Excellences, and Shame   Several Contrasts between The Right and The Good    The Sense of Justice   The Concept of a Well-Ordered Society   The Morality of Authority   The Morality of Association   The Morality of Principles   Features of The Moral Sentiments   The Connection between Moral and Natural Attitudes   The Principles of Moral Psychology   The Problem of Relative Stability   The Basis of Equality    The Good of Justice   Autonomy and Objectivity   The Idea of Social Union   The Problem of Envy   Envy and Equality   The Grounds for The Priority of Liberty   Happiness and Dominant Ends   Hedonism as a Method of Choice    The Unity of The Self   The Good of The Sense of Justice   Concluding Remarks on Justification   Conversion Table   Index","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865473266007,"sku":"9780674000780","price":32.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674000780.jpg?v=1722274135","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-theory-of-justice-9780674000780","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}