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Rawls's A theory of justice: a reader's guide

by Lovett, Frank

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John Rawls's A Theory of Justice, first published in 1971,€is arguably the most important work of moral and political philosophy of the twentieth century.€A staple on undergraduate courses in political theory, it is€a classic text€in which Rawls€makes an astonishing contribution…

Wrong-doing, truth-telling: the function of avowal in justice

by Foucault, Michel

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Three years before his death, Michel Foucault delivered a series of lectures at the Catholic University of Louvain that until recently remained almost unknown. These lectures--which focus on the role of avowal, or confession, in the determination of truth and justice--provide th…

The laws of the spirit: a Hegelian theory of justice

by Hoff, Shannon

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Drawing from a variety of Hegel’s writings, Shannon Hoff articulates a theory of justice that requires answering simultaneously to three irreducibly different demands: those of community, universality, and individuality. The domains of “ethicality,” “legality…

Civil passions: moral sentiment and democratic deliberation

by Krause, Sharon R.

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In this book Sharon Krause argues that moral and political deliberation must incorporate passions, even as she insists on the value of impartiality. Her work provides a systematic account of how passions can generate an impartial standpoint that yields binding and compelling con…

Thomas Pogge and his critics

by Jaggar, Alison M.

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The massive disparity between the relative wealth of most citizens in affluent countries and the profound poverty of billions of people struggling elsewhere for survival is morally jolting. But why exactly is this disparity so outrageous and how should the citizens of affluent c…

Against fairness

by Asma, Stephen T.

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Through an array of scientific findings, historical philosophies, cultural practices, analytic arguments, and a variety of personal and literary narratives, the author presents understanding of how fairness and favoritism fit within our moral architecture.

Reconstructing Rawls: the Kantian foundations of justice as fairness

by Taylor, Robert S.

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"Compares the theories of John Rawls and Emmanuel Kant, and offers an internal critique and reconstruction of justice as fairness, reconceiving it as a comprehensive, universalistic Kantian liberalism"--Provided by publisher.

Reconstructing Rawls: the Kantian foundations of justice as fairness

by Taylor, Robert S.

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"Compares the theories of John Rawls and Emmanuel Kant, and offers an internal critique and reconstruction of justice as fairness, reconceiving it as a comprehensive, universalistic Kantian liberalism"--Provided by publisher.