A Theory of Justice

Since it appeared in 1971, John Rawls's A Theory of Justice has become a classic. The author has now revised the original edition to clear up a number of difficulties he and others have found in the original book.

Rawls aims to express an essential part of the common core of the democratic tradition--justice as fairness--and to provide an alternative to utilitarianism, which had dominated the Anglo-Saxon tradition of political thought since the nineteenth century. Rawls substitutes the ideal of the social contract as a more satisfactory account of the basic rights and liberties of citizens as free and equal persons. "Each person," writes Rawls, "possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override." Advancing the ideas of Rousseau, Kant, Emerson, and Lincoln, Rawls's theory is as powerful today as it was when first published.

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-27-2009; Rawls and Nozick - the American Pair; You can get a wonderful overview of this book on Wikipedia. So, rather than try to provide such an overview here, let me offer a few comments on what reading along these lines has meant to me. Rawls book is an outstanding logical...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-05-2007; essential work of philosophy; the physical book itself is fine, but i really wish they wouldn't make books so large. i suppose it's a price issue, but i would much prefer this to be in two volumes. my hands get tired from holding such an unwieldy book for so long!; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-11-2007; very fine about justice in no justice world ....; This is not for me (also I'm lawyer), is for my daughter who study philosophy at University of Buenos Aires and will learn the book when we arrive home next Jan 22.; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-14-2006; Accessible and important development in liberal thought; A Theory of Justice is surprisingly accessible, even to those of us without extensive training in philosophy. Rawls briefly examines two of the most influential Western liberal philosophers (Locke and Mill), and then proceeds to...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-27-2009; Rawls and Nozick - the American Pair; You can get a wonderful overview of this book on Wikipedia. So, rather than try to provide such an overview here, let me offer a few comments on what reading along these lines has meant to me. Rawls book is an outstanding logical...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-01-2004; Good Book, but lacks the light of reason; To begin with I believe this is a very good book, if somewhat lacking in logic, and should be read no matter what your political or philosophical persuasion is. Said that, this book has one obviously, at least to me, major flaw. When he...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-07-2006; The Impossible Attempt of Reconciling the Ideal with the Realistic; The amount of praise given to this work does not surprise me given that there is a widespread, yet subtle, socialist movement in America as well as in Europe. Despite this, the book is a failed attempt at reconciling the ideal with...; read full review | report as inappropriate