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Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Reiman is the William Fraser McDowell Professor of Philosophy at American University in Washington, DC. A central figure in numerous political and philosophical debates in America, including those on abortion and criminal justice, he is the author of In Defense of Political Philosophy (1972), Justice and Modern Moral Philosophy (1990), Critical Moral Liberalism: Theory and Practice (1997), The Death Penalty: For and Against (with Louis Pojman, 1998), Abortion and the Ways We Value Human Life (1999), The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice, 10th edn. (with Paul Leighton, forthcoming), and more than a hundred articles on philosophy and criminal justice. Klappentext Grafting the Marxian idea that private property is coercive onto the liberal imperative of individual liberty, this new thesis from one of America's foremost intellectuals conceives a revised definition of justice that recognizes the harm inflicted by capitalism's hidden coercive structures.* Maps a new frontier in moral philosophy and political theory* Distills a new concept of justice that recognizes the iniquities of capitalism* Synthesis of elements of Marxism and Liberalism will interest readers in both camps* Direct and jargon-free style opens these complex ideas to a wide readership "This is an important effort to reinvigorate modern liberalism by applying essential insights from a fading Marxism. Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers, graduate students, and research faculty." ("Choice", 1 September 2013) Zusammenfassung Grafting the Marxian idea that private property is coercive onto the liberal imperative of individual liberty, this new thesis from one of America's foremost intellectuals conceives a revised definition of justice that recognizes the harm inflicted by capitalism's hidden coercive structures. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Overview of the Argument for Marxian LiberalismChapter 2: Marx and Rawls and JusticeChapter 3: The Natural Right to Liberty and the Need for a Social ContractChapter 4: The Ambivalence of Property: Expression of Liberty and Threat to LibertyChapter 5: The Labor Theory of the Difference PrincipleChapter 6: The Marxian-Liberal Original PositionChapter 7: As Free and as Just as Possible: Capitalism for Marxists, Communism for LiberalsConclusion: Marx's "Liberalism," Rawls's "Labor Theory of Justice...
List of contents
Chapter 1: Overview of the Argument for Marxian Liberalism
Chapter 2: Marx and Rawls and Justice
Chapter 3: The Natural Right to Liberty and the Need for a Social Contract
Chapter 4: The Ambivalence of Property: Expression of Liberty and Threat to Liberty
Chapter 5: The Labor Theory of the Difference Principle
Chapter 6: The Marxian-Liberal Original Position
Chapter 7: As Free and as Just as Possible: Capitalism for Marxists, Communism for Liberals
Conclusion: Marx's "Liberalism," Rawls's "Labor Theory of Justice
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"In the preface, Reiman says he hopes the book will be of interest to both the educated layperson and the professional philosopher; in this respect it succeeds admirably. Written in clear and lucid prose, the book will be a valuable resource for students looking for an introduction to Marx and Rawls's thought on freedom, justice and capitalism." (Res Publica, 1 March 2013)
"In this way, Reiman's exciting book is a new and timely contribution for us today." (Marx And Philosophy Review of Books, 2 June 2014)
"It is likely that Reiman has good replies to these critical comments. In any case, independently of whether his core argument succeeds or falters, the distinctions, concepts, and arguments Reiman develops in As Free and as Just as Possibleare of great significance. They need to be studied and discussed by all those interested in Marx and justice, the real conditions of freedom, Rawls, and post-capitalism." (Social Theory and Practice, 1 October 2013)
"As Free and as Just as Possible offers a very accessible introduction to two major political thinkers, John Rawls and Karl Marx, to the relation between their respective theories and the work of John Locke and Immanuel Kant, as well as more recent theories of Jan Narveson and G.A. Cohen." (Krisis, 1 December 2013)
"Written in clear and lucid prose, the book will be a valuable resource for students looking for an introduction to Marx and Rawls's thought on freedom, justice and capitalism. But specialists will also find much of interest here, too, since as we have seen the book is not just an overview of Marx and Rawls's thought on these issues, but an imaginative attempt to fuse their insights to create a new theory of social justice. Whether or not one is fully convinced by that final synthesis, Reiman deserves credit for attempting to show that, while the idea of combining liberal and socialist has a history, it may still have a future." (Res Publica, 8 October 2013)
"This is an important effort to reinvigorate modern liberalism by applying essential insights from a fading Marxism. Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers, graduate students, and research faculty." (Choice, 1 September 2013)
