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Justice and the Social Contract Samuel Freeman (Stephen F. Goldstone Term Professor of Philosophy and Law, Stephen F. Goldstone Term Professor of Philosophy and Law, University of Pennsylvania)

Justice and the Social Contract By Samuel Freeman (Stephen F. Goldstone Term Professor of Philosophy and Law, Stephen F. Goldstone Term Professor of Philosophy and Law, University of Pennsylvania)

Justice and the Social Contract by Samuel Freeman (Stephen F. Goldstone Term Professor of Philosophy and Law, Stephen F. Goldstone Term Professor of Philosophy and Law, University of Pennsylvania)

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Collects articles on the influential philosopher John Rawls. This book places Rawls within historical context in the social contract tradition, and addresses criticisms of this position. It is useful to a range of scholars interested in Rawls and the expanse of his influence.

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Justice and the Social Contract: Essays on Rawlsian Political Philosophy by Samuel Freeman (Stephen F. Goldstone Term Professor of Philosophy and Law, Stephen F. Goldstone Term Professor of Philosophy and Law, University of Pennsylvania)

Samuel Freeman was a student of the influential philosopher John Rawls, he has edited numerous books dedicated to Rawl's 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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Highly recommended. * D.H. Rice, Choice *

About Samuel Freeman (Stephen F. Goldstone Term Professor of Philosophy and Law, Stephen F. Goldstone Term Professor of Philosophy and Law, University of Pennsylvania)

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).

Table of Contents

Introduction Part One: A Theory of Justice Chapter One: Reason and Agreement in Social Contract Views Chapter Two: Utilitarian, Deontology, and the Priority of Right Chapter Three: Consequentialist, Publicity, Stability, and Property-Owning Democracy Chapter Four: Rawls and Luck Egalitarianism Chapter Five: Congruence and the Good Justice Part Two: Political Liberalism Chapter Six: Political Liberalism and the Possibility of a Just Democratic Constitution Chapter Seven: Public Reason and Political Justification Part Three: The Law of Peoples Chapter Eight: The Law of Peoples, Social Cooperation, Human Rights, and Distributive Justice Chapter Nine: 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 Chronical Review: The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 13, 2002)

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Justice and the Social Contract: Essays on Rawlsian Political Philosophy by Samuel Freeman (Stephen F. Goldstone Term Professor of Philosophy and Law, Stephen F. Goldstone Term Professor of Philosophy and Law, University of Pennsylvania)
Samuel Freeman (Stephen F. Goldstone Term Professor of Philosophy and Law, Stephen F. Goldstone Term Professor of Philosophy and Law, University of Pennsylvania)
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Oxford University Press Inc
2006-12-21
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