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Theory of Justice : Original Edition by John Rawls (2005, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarvard University Press
ISBN-100674017722
ISBN-139780674017726
eBay Product ID (ePID)43761204
Product Key Features
Number of Pages624 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameTheory of Justice : Original Edition
Publication Year2005
SubjectCivil Rights, History & Theory, General, Political
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLaw, Philosophy, Political Science
AuthorJohn Rawls
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.8 in
Item Weight23.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2004-060697
ReviewsJohn 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., 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., 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.
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal320/.01/1
SynopsisThough the revised edition of A Theory of Justice , published in 1999, is the definitive statement of John Rawls's view, much of the extensive literature on his theory refers to the first edition. This reissue makes it once again available for scholars and serious students of Rawls's work., John 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. Though the revised edition of A Theory of Justice , published in 1999, is the definitive statement of Rawls's view, much of the extensive literature on his theory refers to the original. This first edition is available for scholars and serious students of Rawls's work.
LC Classification NumberJC578.R38 2005
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