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Rawls.
Title:
Rawls.
Author:
Graham, Paul.
ISBN:
9781780746937
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (136 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Life and Work -- 2 Justice -- The Prisoner's Dilemma -- The Original Position -- Principles of Justice -- 3 The Original Position -- Parameters of the Theory -- Motivation -- Proceduralism -- Reflective Equilibrium and Stability -- 4 Principles of Justice -- Options -- Equal Liberty -- Fair Equality of Opportunity -- The Difference Principle -- Just Savings -- 5 The Difference Principle in Focus -- Nozick and Autonomy -- Cohen and Motivational Instability -- Dworkin and Resourcism -- Experimental Approaches to Justice -- 6 The Original Position in Focus -- Sandel and Communitarianism -- Gilligan and Feminism -- Nagel on the Personal and the Impersonal -- Natural Duty and Political Obligation -- 7 Civil Disobedience and Punishment -- Majority Rule -- The Role of Civil Disobedience -- King and the Civil Rights Movement -- Punishment -- 8 Political Liberalism -- A Moralized Modus Vivendi -- Stability -- Reasonable Pluralism -- Overlapping Consensus -- Rawls and Habermas -- Autonomy and Religious Commitment -- 9 The Law of Peoples -- Liberal Peoples -- Non-Liberal Peoples -- Just War -- Global Distributive Justice -- Postscript -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index.
Abstract:
This illuminating guide covers the most interesting and important aspects of Rawls' work in a stimulating manner, highlighting the foundations that underlie his conception of Justice, and explaining the rationale for his famous starting point, The Veil of Ignorance. Also detailing the criticisms that have met his arguments, this study will prove essential reading for students, scholars, and interested readers alike.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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