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John Rawls

Liberalism and the Challenges of Late Modernity
  • ISBN-13: 9781442238275
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
  • By J. Donald Moon
  • Price: AUD $208.00
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  • Local release date: 14/10/2014
  • Format: Hardback 152 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Political ideologies [JPF]
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Donald Moon's John Rawls: Liberalism and the Challenges of Late Modernity is distinguished not only by the originality of its contribution to the literature on one of the most important political philosophers of the 20th century, but for an argument that will be accessible to students as well as scholars of justice and its complex array of controversial issues at the heart of our hyper-modern globalized world. Rawls's work is often viewed primarily through the lens of liberal theories of social justice focusing on issues of income distribution and economic inequality. Moon allows for a more complete understanding of Rawls' legacy by setting his account of social justice in the context of modern and increasingly pluralistic democracies. Moon's reading of Rawls shows how his work breaks with political theory's traditional aspiration to provide a general theory of politics, including a theory of justice, which can be rationally vindicated. Instead, Rawls views theorizing as itself a practical, political form of engagement, which offers a specifically political conception of justice and political principles more generally that speak to the conditions of modern, democratic citizens.
Chapter One: Introduction: Challenges to Liberalism Chapter Two: Political Liberalism: Justice as Social Cooperation 1. Justice as grounded in comprehensive doctrines 2. Political conceptions of justice 3. Political liberalism 4. Justice as Fairness 5. Conclusion Chapter Three: Public Reason and Inclusion 1 Restraint and privatization 2 The need for consensus 3 The question of priority 4 Toleration and exclusion Chapter Four: Class, Inequality, and Distributive Justice 1 Egalitarian liberalism 2 Incentives and inequality 3 Pluralism and social justice 4 Merit and desert Chapter Five: Global Pluralism and International Justice 1 Rawls's Law of Peoples 2 Inclusiveness of the society of peoples 3 Peoples vs persons 4. Globalization, democracy and domestic basic structures 5 Conclusion: justice and global inequality Chapter Six: Conclusion
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