Justice And the Social Contract - Essays on Rawlsian Political Philosophy

Zusatztext Highly recommended. Informationen zum Autor Samuel Freeman is Goldstone Term Professor of Philosophy and Law, University of Pennsylvania. He edited both John Rawls's Collected Papers (1999) and his Essays in the History of Political Philosophy (2007). Klappentext John Rawls (1921-2002) was one of the 20th century's most important philosophers and continues to be among the most widely discussed of contemporary thinkers. His work, particularly A Theory of Justice, is integral to discussions of social and international justice, democracy, liberalism, welfare economics, and constitutional law, in departments of philosophy, politics, economics, law, public policy, and others. Samuel Freeman is one of Rawls's foremost interpreters. This volume contains nine of his essays on Rawls and Rawlsian justice, two of which are previously unpublished. Freeman places Rawls within historical context in the social contract tradition, addresses criticisms of his positions, and discusses the implications of his views on issues of distributive justice, liberalism and democracy, international justice, and other subjects. This collection will be useful to the wide range of scholars interested in Rawls and theories of justice. Zusammenfassung Collects articles on the influential philosopher John Rawls. This book places Rawls within historical context in the social contract tradition, and addresses criticisms of this position. It is useful to a range of scholars interested in Rawls and the expanse of his influence.

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• Authors: Samuel Freeman, Samuel (Stephen F. Goldstone Term Professor of Philosophy and Law Freeman, Samuel Richard Freeman, Freeman Samuel
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.12.2006
• EAN: 9780195301410
• ISBN: 978-0-19-530141-0
• No. of pages: 340
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
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