The original position

by Hinton, Timothy

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Title Statements

Full title :The original position / edited by Timothy Hinton.

Summary

At the centre of John Rawls's political philosophy is one of the most influential thought experiments of the twentieth century: which principles of justice would a group of individuals choose to regulate their society if they were deprived of any information about themselves that might bias their choice? In this collection of new essays, leading political philosophers examine the ramifications and continued relevance of Rawls's idea. Their chapters explore topics including the place of the original position in rational choice theory, the similarities between Rawls's original position and Kant's categorical imperative, the differences between Rawls's model and Scanlon's contractualism, and the role of the original position in the argument between Rawls and other views in political philosophy, including utilitarianism, feminism, and radicalism. This accessible volume will be a valuable resource for undergraduates, as well as advanced students and scholars of philosophy, game theory, economics, and the social and political sciences.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Dec 2015).

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (ix, 281 pages) : : PDF file(s).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781107375321, 1107375320
oclc:on1233262750
LC Classification:JA71
Dewey Decimal:320.01

Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: the original position and The Original Position -- an overview -- 0.1 The place of the original position in TJ -- 0.2 The core of the original position argument -- 0.3 The original position after TJ -- 0.4 The contents of this volume -- 1 Justice as fairness, utilitarianism, and mixed conceptions -- 1.1 Justice as fairness: the two principles -- 1.2 Special and general conceptions -- 1.3 The contractual argument for the special conception -- 1.4 The comparison with mixed and other conceptions -- 1.5 Concluding remarks -- 2 Rational choice and the original position: the (many) models of Rawls and Harsanyi -- 2.1 The original position and rational justification -- 2.1.1 The Fundamental Derivation Thesis -- 2.1.2 The attraction of the Fundamental Derivation Thesis -- 2.1.3 A social contract or an Archimedean perspective? -- 2.2 The evolution of Rawls's original position -- 2.2.1 The early model -- 2.2.2 The middle models -- 2.2.3 The final model: adieu to justice as rational choice? -- 2.3 Harsanyi's…