John Rawls' pioneering work of political philosophy "A Theory of Justice" has had far reaching influence on modern liberal political philosophy. Rawls' principles of justice as fairness: the principle of liberty, the principle of fair equality of opportunity and the famous 'difference principle' have been both heavily criticized and incorporated into other political theories. In the book Paivansalo both presents a deep analysis of the whole Rawlsian canon and builds upon and goes beyond Rawls' conception by introducing a fresh theoretical framework to clarify and modify different balances of the elements of Rawlsian justice. Justice as fairness is analyzed into its parts and elements, critically examined to find the strongest most favourable interpretations of each principle and in this light the principles are reconstructed and rebalanced in such a way as to resist the most significant criticisms of the Rawlsian project.
FREE Two-Day Shipping for students on millions of items. Learn more |
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Ville Paivansalo is the scientific secretary of the research unit in the Department of Systematic Theology at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He also works part-time as a researcher on the project Legitimacy and Ethics funded by the Academy of Finland.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet.
|
|||
|
Video reviews
|
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
In his dissertation, A Study in the Grounds of Ethical Knowledge (1950), Rawls specified three major attitudes to the question of justification of moral principles. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wide sympathetic knowledge, most reasonable communication, adjusted social world, democratic distributive justice, commonsensical interpretation, second original position, functioning democratic procedures, reasonable justice, decent hierarchical peoples, decent hierarchical society, reasonable democracy, political constructivism, artificial interpretation, consultation hierarchy, democratic pride, basic social structure, global distributive justice, true human needs, burdened societies, comprehensive elements, reasonable democracies, constitutional consensus, mutual disinterest, reasonable pluralism, permissible goods Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, John Rawls, New York, Samuel Freeman, James Madison, Jeremiah Evarts, Revised Theory, Robert Putnam, Two Concepts, Brian Barry, Census Bureau, Thomas Pogge, Universal Declaration, World Council of Churches, Charles Beitz, International Covenant, Martha Nussbaum, Thomas Nagel, Allen Buchanan, Andrew Jackson, Bitter Trail, Carol Gilligan, Daryl Koehn, Francis Fukuyama, Ian Shapiro New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
In his dissertation, A Study in the Grounds of Ethical Knowledge (1950), Rawls specified three major attitudes to the question of justification of moral principles. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wide sympathetic knowledge, most reasonable communication, adjusted social world, democratic distributive justice, commonsensical interpretation, second original position, functioning democratic procedures, reasonable justice, decent hierarchical peoples, decent hierarchical society, reasonable democracy, political constructivism, artificial interpretation, consultation hierarchy, democratic pride, basic social structure, global distributive justice, true human needs, burdened societies, comprehensive elements, reasonable democracies, constitutional consensus, mutual disinterest, reasonable pluralism, permissible goods Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, John Rawls, New York, Samuel Freeman, James Madison, Jeremiah Evarts, Revised Theory, Robert Putnam, Two Concepts, Brian Barry, Census Bureau, Thomas Pogge, Universal Declaration, World Council of Churches, Charles Beitz, International Covenant, Martha Nussbaum, Thomas Nagel, Allen Buchanan, Andrew Jackson, Bitter Trail, Carol Gilligan, Daryl Koehn, Francis Fukuyama, Ian Shapiro New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
