TY - GEN T1 - John Rawls : reticent socialist A1 - Edmundson, William A. (William Atkins), 1948- LA - English PP - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY PB - Cambridge University Press YR - 2017 ED - First edition. UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn993683941 AB - 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. OP - 212 CN - JC578 SN - 1316808289 SN - 9781316808283 SN - 9781316809013 SN - 1316809013 SN - 9781316779934 SN - 1316779939 SN - 9781107173194 SN - 1107173191 SN - 9781316625774 SN - 131662577X KW - Rawls, John, : 1921-2002 : Political and social views. KW - Rawls, John, : 1921-2002 KW - Justice. KW - Liberalism. KW - Political stability. KW - LibeĢralisme. KW - StabiliteĢ politique. KW - liberalism. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Essays. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Government : General. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Government : National. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Reference. KW - Justice KW - Liberalism KW - Political and social views KW - Political stability KW - Electronic books. ER -