Author: Rawls, John; Editor: Freeman, Samuel
Paperback; 1 Table
672 pages
Published: March 2001
Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674005694

John Rawls's work on justice has drawn more commentary and aroused wider attention than any other work in moral or political philosophy in the twentieth century. Rawls is the author of two major treatises, A Theory of Justice (Harvard, 1971) and Political Liberalism (1993); it is said that A Theory of Justice revived political philosophy in the English-speaking world. But before and after writing his great treatises Rawls produced a steady stream of essays. Some of these essays articulate views of justice and liberalism distinct from those found in the two books. They are important in and of themselves because of the deep issues about the nature of justice, moral reasoning, and liberalism they raise as well as for the light they shed on the evolution of Rawls's views. Other articJohn Rawl's work on justice has drawn more commentary and aroused wider attention than any other work in moral or political philosophy in the twentieth century. John Rawl's work on justice has drawn more commentary and aroused wider attention than any other work in moral or political philosophy in the twentieth century.John Rawls's work on justice has perhaps drawn more commentary and aroused wider attention than any other work in moral or political philosophy in the 20th century. This is a collection of his essays, some of which articulate views of justice and liberalism distinct from those found in his books.