John Rawls : reticent socialist /
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 jus...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2017.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1538996 |
Table of Contents:
- Conceptions of property in the original position
- Property-owning democracy versus liberal socialism
- Fair value and the fact of domination
- The four-stage sequence
- The circumstances of politics
- Rescuing the difference principle
- The special psychologies
- Socialism and stability
- The common content of the two regimes
- The property question
- Religion and reticence
- Non-ideal theory: the transition to socialism.