Forfatter fødeår: 1921
Since it appeared in 1971, John Rawls's A Theory of Justice has become a classic. The author has now revised the original edition to clear up a number of difficulties he and others have found in the original book.
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Utilitarismen anklages ofte for at indebære handlinger, der synes at gå på tværs af for eksempel retsstatslige principper – principper, som vi ville finde det meget modintuitivt... Læs mere
John Rawls, in three decades of teaching at Harvard, has had a profound influence on the development of philosophical ethics. This book brings together the... Læs mere
The Law of Peoples extends the idea of a social contract to the Society of Peoples and lays out the principles that should be accepted as the... Læs mere
John Rawls never published anything about his own religious beliefs, but after his death two texts were discovered which shed light... Læs mere
Constantly revised and refined over three decades, Rawls's lectures on various historical figures reflect his developing and changing views on the history... Læs mere
This book originated as lectures for a course on political philosophy that Rawls taught regularly at Harvard University in the 1980s. In time the lectures became a... Læs mere
Revises the ideas of justice as fairness that John Rawls presented in "A Theory of Justice" but changes its philosophical interpretation in a fundamental way.