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John Rawls : The Path to a Theory of Justice / / Andrius Gališanka.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674976474
  • 9780674239463
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.092 23
LOC classification:
  • B945.R284 G35 2019
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Protestant Beginnings -- 2. Drawing on Logical Positivism -- 3. Engagement with Wittgensteinian Philosophy -- 4. The Fair Games of Autonomous Persons -- 5. Practices of Reasoning -- 6. Natural Bases of Justice -- 7. No Shortcuts in Philosophy -- 8. Kantian Autonomy -- 9. A Theory of Justice -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: John Rawls: Courses Taken and Taught -- Appendix B: John Rawls: Publications -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: Critics have maintained that John Rawls's theory of justice is unrealistic and undemocratic. Andrius Gališanka's incisive intellectual biography argues that in misunderstanding the origins and development of Rawls's argument, previous narratives fail to explain the novelty of his philosophical approach and so misunderstand his political vision.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Protestant Beginnings -- 2. Drawing on Logical Positivism -- 3. Engagement with Wittgensteinian Philosophy -- 4. The Fair Games of Autonomous Persons -- 5. Practices of Reasoning -- 6. Natural Bases of Justice -- 7. No Shortcuts in Philosophy -- 8. Kantian Autonomy -- 9. A Theory of Justice -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: John Rawls: Courses Taken and Taught -- Appendix B: John Rawls: Publications -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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Critics have maintained that John Rawls's theory of justice is unrealistic and undemocratic. Andrius Gališanka's incisive intellectual biography argues that in misunderstanding the origins and development of Rawls's argument, previous narratives fail to explain the novelty of his philosophical approach and so misunderstand his political vision.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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