Edmundson, William A.
John Rawls : reticent socialist - UK : Cambridge University Press , 2017 . - 212 pages
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-206) and index.
Conceptions of property in the original position -- Property-owning democracy versus liberal socialism -- Fair value and the fact of domination -- The four-stage sequence -- The circumstances of politics -- Rescuing the difference principle -- The special psychologies -- Socialism and stability -- The common content of the two regimes -- The property question -- Religion and reticence -- Non-ideal theory : the transition to socialism. Introduction --
"This book is the first detailed reconstruction of the late work of John Rawls, who was perhaps the most influential philosopher of the twentieth century. Rawls's 1971 treatise, A theory of justice, stimulated an outpouring of commentary on "justice-as-fairness," his conception of justice for an ideal, self-contained, modern political society. Most of that commentary took Rawls to be defending welfare-state capitalism as found in Western Europe and the United States. Far less attention has been given to Rawls's 2001 book, Justice as fairness: a restatement. In the Restatement, Rawls not only substantially reformulates the "original position" argument for the two principles of justice-as-fairness but also repudiates capitalist regimes as possible embodiments. Edmundson further develops Rawls's non-ideal theory, which guides us when we find ourselves in a society that falls well short of justice."--Page 4 of cover.
9781107173194 1107173191 9781316625774 131662577X
40027464028
2017014849
Rawls, John, 1921-2002 --Political and social views.
Justice.
Political stability.
LAW--Jurisprudence.
Liberalism.
Political stability.
philosophy
JC578 / .E346 2017
320.01
John Rawls : reticent socialist - UK : Cambridge University Press , 2017 . - 212 pages
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-206) and index.
Conceptions of property in the original position -- Property-owning democracy versus liberal socialism -- Fair value and the fact of domination -- The four-stage sequence -- The circumstances of politics -- Rescuing the difference principle -- The special psychologies -- Socialism and stability -- The common content of the two regimes -- The property question -- Religion and reticence -- Non-ideal theory : the transition to socialism. Introduction --
"This book is the first detailed reconstruction of the late work of John Rawls, who was perhaps the most influential philosopher of the twentieth century. Rawls's 1971 treatise, A theory of justice, stimulated an outpouring of commentary on "justice-as-fairness," his conception of justice for an ideal, self-contained, modern political society. Most of that commentary took Rawls to be defending welfare-state capitalism as found in Western Europe and the United States. Far less attention has been given to Rawls's 2001 book, Justice as fairness: a restatement. In the Restatement, Rawls not only substantially reformulates the "original position" argument for the two principles of justice-as-fairness but also repudiates capitalist regimes as possible embodiments. Edmundson further develops Rawls's non-ideal theory, which guides us when we find ourselves in a society that falls well short of justice."--Page 4 of cover.
9781107173194 1107173191 9781316625774 131662577X
40027464028
2017014849
Rawls, John, 1921-2002 --Political and social views.
Justice.
Political stability.
LAW--Jurisprudence.
Liberalism.
Political stability.
philosophy
JC578 / .E346 2017
320.01