Reconstructing Rawls: the Kantian foundations of justice as fairness
"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
| Summary: | "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 Rawls's Kantianism -- The Kantian conception of the person -- The priorities of right and political liberty -- The priority of civil liberty -- The priority of fair equality of opportunity -- The difference principle -- Justifying the Kantian conception of the person -- The poverty of political liberalism -- Conclusion: justice as fairness as a universalistic Kantian liberalism |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XXIII, 336 S, graph. Darst |
| ISBN: | 978-0-271-03771-4 978-0-271-03772-1 0-271-03771-7 |
