Title: Justice, political liberalism, and utilitarianism : themes from Harsanyi and Rawls /
Authors: Fleurbaey, Marc.; Salles, Maurice.; Weymark, John A.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Harsanyi, John C.; Rawls, John,; Justice.; Liberalism.; Utilitarianism.
Abstract: "The utilitarian economist and Nobel Laureate John Harsanyi and the liberal egalitarian philosopher John Rawls were two of the most eminent scholars writing on problems of social justice in the last century. This volume pays tribute to Harsanyi and Rawls by investigating themes that figure prominently in their work. In some cases, the contributors explore issues considered by Harsanyi and Rawls in more depth and from novel perspectives. In others, the contributors use the work of Harsanyi and Rawls as points of departure for pursuing the construction of new theories for the evaluation of social justice.
Contents: 1. An introduction to justice, political liberalism, and utilitarianism Marc Fleurbaey, Maurice Salles and John A. Weymark; Part I. Themes from Rawls: 2. John Rawls's theory of justice: some critical comments John C. Harsanyi; 3. Rawls, responsibility, and distributive justice Richard Arneson; 4. Improving our ethical beliefs James Griffin; Part II. Harsanyi's Impartial Observer and Social Aggregation Theorems: 5. Harsanyi's impartial observer is not a utilitarian John E. Roemer; 6. Social aggregation and the expected utility hypothesis Charles Blackorby, David Donaldson and John A. Weymark; 7. A welfarist version of Harsanyi's aggregation theorem Claude d'Aspremont and Philippe Mongin; 8. Preference aggregation after Harsanyi Matthias Hild, Richard Jeffrey and Mathias Risse; Part III. Goodness and Well-Being: 9. Can there be a preference-based utilitarianism? John Broome; 10. Harsanyi, Rawls and the search for a common currency of advantage Robert Sugden; 11. Utilitarianism versus fairness in welfare economics Marc Fleurbaey and Francois Maniquet; 12. Rationality and want-satisfaction Brian Barry; Part IV. Sharing the Gains from Social Cooperation; 13. Naturalizing Harsanyi and Rawls Ken Binmore; 14. The social contract naturalized Brian Skyrms; 15. An alternative model of rational cooperation Edward F. McClennen; Part V. Rights and Liberties: 16. Republican political theory Philip Pettit; 17. Rule utilitarianism and liberal priorities Jonathan Riley.