The Cambridge Companion to Rawls

John Rawls is the most influential philosopher and moral philosopher of the twentieth century.

Samuel Freeman (Edited by)

9780521657068, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 4 November 2002

598 pages
21.6 x 16.6 x 3.7 cm, 0.79 kg

'There can be little doubt that Rawls will continue to be read and appreciated and this edited compilation is a worthy tribute to his legacy. A constellation of distinguished legal, moral and political philosophers … outline, extend and critique various facets of his work … an important and timely book. It provides an excellent and sophisticated overview of a noble project, and it should be an essential addition to the library of political theorists.' Cambridge Review of International Affairs

Each volume of this series of companions to major philosophers contains specially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars and will serve as a reference work for students and nonspecialists. John Rawls is the most significant and influential philosopher and moral philosopher of the twentieth century. His work has profoundly shaped contemporary discussions of social, political and economic justice in philosophy, law, political science, economics and other social disciplines. In this exciting collection of essays, many of the world's leading political and moral theorists discuss the full range of Rawls's contribution to the concepts of political and economic justice, democracy, liberalism, constitutionalism, and international justice. There are also assessments of Rawls's controversial relationships with feminism, utilitarianism and communitarianism. New readers will find this to be an accessible guide to Rawls. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of developments in the interpretation of Rawls.

Introduction: John Rawls - an overview Samuel Freeman
1. Rawls and liberalism Thomas Nagel
2. For a democratic society Joshua Cohen
3. Rawls on justification T. M. Scanlon
4. Rawls on the relationship between liberalism and democracy Amy Gutmann
5. Difference principles Philippe van Parijs
6. Democratic equality: Rawls's complex egalitarianism Norman Daniels
7. Congruence and the good of justice Samuel Freeman
8. On Rawls Burton Dreben
9. Constructivism in Rawls and Kant Onora O'Neill
10. Public reason Charles Larmore
11. Rawls on constitutionalism and constitutional law Frank I. Michelman
12. Rawls and utilitarianism Samuel Scheffler
13. Rawls and communitarianism Stephen Mulhall and Adam Swift
14. Rawls and feminism Martha Nussbaum.

Subject Areas: Law [L], Economics, finance, business & management [K], Political science & theory [JPA], History of ideas [JFCX], Society & social sciences [J], Philosophy [HP]