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Rawls: A Theory of Justice and Its Critics (Key Contemporary Thinkers)

Authors: Chandran Kukathas, Philip Pettit
Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
Category: Book

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Format: Illustrated
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: illustrated edition
Pages: 181
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.5

ISBN: 0804717680
EAN: 9780804717687

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Product Description
John Rawls' "A Theory of Justice" has been influential in philosophy, political theory, welfare economics and jurisprudence. This book is thought to be the first full-length study of Rawls' work. It provides a concise account of Rawls' central ideas, situates them within contemporary debates, and submits them to critical scrutiny. Kukathas and Petit discuss, among other things, the utilitarian orthodoxy and its problems; the emergence of majoritarian and other social choice alternatives; the contractarian synthesis and its policy implications; the notion of reflective equilibrium; and the various critiques of the contractarian view.