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A theory of justice / John Rawls. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, (c)1971.Edition: Original editionDescription: xv, 607 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
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  • 9780674017726
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  • JC578.R261.T446 1971
  • JC578
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Contents:
2. The subject of justice -- 3. The main idea of the theory of justice -- 4. The original position and justification -- 5. Classical utilitarianism -- 6. Some related contrasts -- 7. Intuitionism -- 8. The priority problem -- 9. Some remarks about moral theory.
11. Two principles of justice -- 12. Interpretations of the second principle -- 13. Democratic equality and the difference principle -- 14. Fair equality of opportunity and pure procedural justice -- 15. Primary social goods as the basic expectations -- 16. Relevant social positions -- 17. The tendency to equality -- 18. Principles for individuals: the principle of fairness -- 19. Principles for individuals: The natural duties.
21. The presentation of alternatives -- 22. The circumstances of justice -- 23. The formal constraints of the concept of right -- 24. The veil of ignorance -- 25. The rationality of the parties -- 26. The reasoning leading to the two principles of justice -- 27. The reasoning leading to the principle of average utility -- 28. Some difficulties with the average principle -- 29. Some main grounds for the two principles of justice -- 30. Classical utilitarianism, impartiality, and benevolence.
32. The concept of liberty -- 33. Equal liberty of conscience -- 34. Toleration and the common interest -- 35. Toleration of the intolerant -- 36. Political justice and the constitution -- 37. Limitations on the principle of participation -- 38. The rule of law -- 39. The priority of liberty defined -- 40. The Kantian interpretation of justice as fairness.
42. Some remarks about economic systems -- 43. Background institutions for distributive justice -- 44. The problem of justice between generations -- 45. Time preference -- 46. Further cases of priority -- 47. The precepts of justice -- 48. Legitimate expectations and moral desert -- 49. Comparison with mixed conceptions -- 50. The principle of perfection.
52. The arguments for the principle of fairness -- 53. The duty to comply with an unjust law -- 54. The status of majority rule -- 55. The definition of civil disobedience -- 56. The definition of conscientious refusal -- 57. The justification of civil disobedience -- 58. The justification of conscientious refusal -- 59. The role of civil disobedience.
61. The definition of good for simpler cases -- 62. A note of meaning -- 63. the definition of good for plans of life -- 64. Deliberative rationality -- 65. The Aristotelian principle -- 66. The definition of good applied to persons -- 67. Self-respect, excellence, and shame -- 68. Several contrasts between the right and the good.
70. The morality of authority -- 71. The morality of association -- 72. The morality of principles -- 73. Features of the moral sentiments -- 74. The connection between moral and natural attitudes -- 75. The principles of moral psychology -- 76. The problem of relative stability -- 77. The basis of equality.
79. The idea of social union -- 80. The problem of envy -- 81. Envy and equality -- 82. The grounds for the priority of liberty -- 83. Happiness and dominant ends -- 84. Hedonism as a method of choice -- 85. The unity of self -- 86. The good of the sense of justice -- 87. Concluding remarks on justification.
Review: "Though the Revised Edition of A Theory of Justice, published in 1999, is the definitive statement of Rawls's view, so much of the extensive literature on Rawls's theory refers to the first edition. This reissue makes the first edition once again available for scholars and serious students of Rawls's work."
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Reprint, [between 2000-2010. Originally published: 1971.

Part One: Theory

Chapter I: Justice as fairness

Chapter II: The principles of justice

Chapter III: The original position

Part Two: Institutions

Chapter IV: Equal liberty

Chapter V: Distributive shares

Chapter Virgin Islands: Duty and obligation

Part Three: Ends

Chapter Virgin IslandsI: Goodness as rationality

Chapter Virgin IslandsII: The sense of justice

Chapter IX: The good of justice

Includes bibliographies and index.

1. The role of justice -- 2. The subject of justice -- 3. The main idea of the theory of justice -- 4. The original position and justification -- 5. Classical utilitarianism -- 6. Some related contrasts -- 7. Intuitionism -- 8. The priority problem -- 9. Some remarks about moral theory.

10. Institutions and formal justice -- 11. Two principles of justice -- 12. Interpretations of the second principle -- 13. Democratic equality and the difference principle -- 14. Fair equality of opportunity and pure procedural justice -- 15. Primary social goods as the basic expectations -- 16. Relevant social positions -- 17. The tendency to equality -- 18. Principles for individuals: the principle of fairness -- 19. Principles for individuals: The natural duties.

20. The nature of the argument for conceptions of justice -- 21. The presentation of alternatives -- 22. The circumstances of justice -- 23. The formal constraints of the concept of right -- 24. The veil of ignorance -- 25. The rationality of the parties -- 26. The reasoning leading to the two principles of justice -- 27. The reasoning leading to the principle of average utility -- 28. Some difficulties with the average principle -- 29. Some main grounds for the two principles of justice -- 30. Classical utilitarianism, impartiality, and benevolence.

31. The four-stage sequence -- 32. The concept of liberty -- 33. Equal liberty of conscience -- 34. Toleration and the common interest -- 35. Toleration of the intolerant -- 36. Political justice and the constitution -- 37. Limitations on the principle of participation -- 38. The rule of law -- 39. The priority of liberty defined -- 40. The Kantian interpretation of justice as fairness.

41. The concept of justice in political economy -- 42. Some remarks about economic systems -- 43. Background institutions for distributive justice -- 44. The problem of justice between generations -- 45. Time preference -- 46. Further cases of priority -- 47. The precepts of justice -- 48. Legitimate expectations and moral desert -- 49. Comparison with mixed conceptions -- 50. The principle of perfection.

51. The arguments for the principles of natural duty -- 52. The arguments for the principle of fairness -- 53. The duty to comply with an unjust law -- 54. The status of majority rule -- 55. The definition of civil disobedience -- 56. The definition of conscientious refusal -- 57. The justification of civil disobedience -- 58. The justification of conscientious refusal -- 59. The role of civil disobedience.

60. The need for a theory of the good -- 61. The definition of good for simpler cases -- 62. A note of meaning -- 63. the definition of good for plans of life -- 64. Deliberative rationality -- 65. The Aristotelian principle -- 66. The definition of good applied to persons -- 67. Self-respect, excellence, and shame -- 68. Several contrasts between the right and the good.

69. The concept of a well-ordered society -- 70. The morality of authority -- 71. The morality of association -- 72. The morality of principles -- 73. Features of the moral sentiments -- 74. The connection between moral and natural attitudes -- 75. The principles of moral psychology -- 76. The problem of relative stability -- 77. The basis of equality.

78. Autonomy and objectivity -- 79. The idea of social union -- 80. The problem of envy -- 81. Envy and equality -- 82. The grounds for the priority of liberty -- 83. Happiness and dominant ends -- 84. Hedonism as a method of choice -- 85. The unity of self -- 86. The good of the sense of justice -- 87. Concluding remarks on justification.

"Though the Revised Edition of A Theory of Justice, published in 1999, is the definitive statement of Rawls's view, so much of the extensive literature on Rawls's theory refers to the first edition. This reissue makes the first edition once again available for scholars and serious students of Rawls's work."

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