description: From th introduction by the authorBriefly, I propose to read A Theory of Justice not as a single piece of philosophical argument to be tested and accepted whole, but as a complex, many-layered record of at least twenty years of philosophical growth and development. I shall argue that Rawls began with a simple, coherent, comprehensible problem and a brilliant idea for its solution [...] The labyrinthic complexities of A Theory of Justice are the consequences of at least three stages in the development of Rawls´thought, in each of which he complicated his theory to meet objections others had raised to earlier versions, or which he himself perceived.ContentsPART ONE: INTRODUCTION1. Introductory remarks2. The problem3. The keyPART TWO: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY4. The first form of the model5. A critique of the first form of the model6. The second form of the model7. A critique of the second form of the model8. The third form of the model9. The priority of liberty and other complicationsPART THREE: RAWLS AND KANT10. Kant and Rawls11. The Kantian background12. The Kantian interpretation of the original positionPART FOUR: A CRITIQUE OF THE THEORY13. The general facts about human society14. Primary goods and life-plans15. A formal analysis of the bargaining game16. The logical status of Rawls´s argumentPART FIVE: IS RAWLS RIGHT?17. The abstractness of Rawls´s TheoryBibliographyIndex
language: English
title: Understanding Rawls: A Reconstruction & Critique of a Theory of Justice
titlecomplete: Understanding Rawls: A Reconstruction & Critique of a Theory of Justice
genres: Philosophy
ratings_count: 16
publisher: Princeton University Press