Samuel Freeman

Justice and the Social Contract

Essays on Rawlsian Political Philosophy

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Produktbeschreibung

Samuel Freeman was a student of the influential philosopher John Rawls. He has edited numerous books dedicated to Rawls' work and is arguable Rawls' foremost interpreter. This volume collects new and previously published articles by Freeman on Rawls. Among other things, Freeman places Rawls within historical context in the social contract tradition, and thoughtfully addresses criticisms of this position. Not only is Freeman a leading authority on Rawls, but he is an excellent thinker in his own right, and these articles will be useful to a wide range of scholars interested in Rawls and the expanse of his influence.

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John Rawls (1921-2002) was one of the 20th century's most important philosophers and continues to be among the most widely discussed of contemporary thinkers. His work, particularly A Theory of Justice, is integral to discussions of social and international justice, democracy, liberalism, welfare economics, and constitutional law, in departments of philosophy, politics, economics, law, public policy, and others. Samuel Freeman is one of Rawls's foremost interpreters. This volume contains nine of his essays on Rawls and Rawlsian justice, two of which are previously unpublished. Freeman places Rawls within historical context in the social contract tradition, addresses criticisms of his positions, and discusses the implications of his views on issues of distributive justice, liberalism and democracy, international justice, and other subjects. This collection will be useful to the wide range of scholars interested in Rawls and theories of justice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 166mm x 239mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 662g
• ISBN-13: 9780195301410
• ISBN-10: 0195301412
• Artikelnr.: 21906431

Autorenporträt

Samuel Freeman is Goldstone Term Professor of Philosophy and Law, University of Pennsylvania. He edited both John Rawls's Collected Papers (1999) and his Essays in the History of Political Philosophy (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Part One: A Theory of Justice
* 1: Reason and Agreement in Social Contract Views
* 2: Utilitarian, Deontology, and the Priority of Right
* 3: Consequentialist, Publicity, Stability, and Property-Owning
Democracy
* 4: Rawls and Luck Egalitarianism
* 5: Congruence and the Good Justice
* Part Two: Political Liberalism
* 6: Political Liberalism and the Possibility of a Just Democratic
Constitution
* 7: Public Reason and Political Justification
* Part Three: The Law of Peoples
* 8: The Law of Peoples, Social Cooperation, Human Rights, and
Distributive Justice
* 9: Distributed Justice and the Law of Peoples
* Appendices
* Appendix A: Remarks on John Rawls, Memorial Service, Sanders Theater,
Harvard University, February 27, 2003
* Appendix B: John Rawls: Friend and Teacher (Obituary from The
Chronicle Review: The Chronicle of Higher Education December 13,
2002)