Justice and the Social Contract : Essays on Rawlsian Political Philosophy

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Justice and the Social Contract : Essays on Rawlsian Political Philosophy is written by Samuel Freeman Stephen F. Goldstone Term Professor of Philosophy and Law University of Pennsylvania and published by Oxford University Press, USA. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0195345754 (ISBN 10) and 9780195345759 (ISBN 13).

John Rawls (1921-2002) was one of the 20th century's most important philosophers and continues to be among the most widely discussed of contemporary thinkers. His work, particularly A Theory of Justice, is integral to discussions of social and international justice, democracy, liberalism, welfare economics, and constitutional law, in departments of philosophy, politics, economics, law, public policy, and others. Samuel Freeman is one of Rawls's foremost interpreters. This volume contains nine of his essays on Rawls and Rawlsian justice, two of which are previously unpublished. Freeman places Rawls within historical context in the social contract tradition, addresses criticisms of his positions, and discusses the implications of his views on issues of distributive justice, liberalism and democracy, international justice, and other subjects. This collection will be useful to the wide range of scholars interested in Rawls and theories of justice.