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Books on: rawls theory

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The Cambridge Companion to Rawls

Book by Samuel Freeman; Cambridge University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Justice, Liberalism, Rawls, John--1921-

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John Rawls is the most significant and influential moral philosopher of the twentieth century. His work has profoundly affected contemporary discussions of social, political and economic justice in philosophy, law, political science, economics and other social disciplines. In this collection of new ...
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John Rawls is the most significant and influential moral philosopher of the twentieth century. His work has profoundly affected contemporary discussions of social, political and economic justice in philosophy, law, political science, economics and other social disciplines. In this collection of new 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.
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Globalizing Care: Ethics, Feminist Theory, and International Relations

Book by Fiona Robinson; Westview Press, 1999

Subjects:

Feminist Theory, International Relations--Moral And Ethical Aspects

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

In Globalising Care, Fiona Robinson integrates feminist theory & ethics with international relations. By bringing in the important contributions of feminist moral & political theorists, contributions that are notably absent from most of the important work in this field, Robinson broadens the debate ...
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In Globalising Care, Fiona Robinson integrates feminist theory & ethics with international relations. By bringing in the important contributions of feminist moral & political theorists, contributions that are notably absent from most of the important work in this field, Robinson broadens the debate on normative theory in international relations. Also explored are the possibilities for translating "feminist ethics," including the theory of care, into the global context.
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Political Theory and Feminist Social Criticism

Book by Brooke A. Ackerly; Cambridge University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Feminism--Developing Countries, Feminist Theory, Political Science

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Drawing on theoretical insights from Third World women's activism, Political Theory and Feminist Social Criticism develops democratic theory as a critical theory relevant to dealing with real world inequalities. Brooke Ackerly examines the methods by which real world feminist activists have ...
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Drawing on theoretical insights from Third World women's activism, Political Theory and Feminist Social Criticism develops democratic theory as a critical theory relevant to dealing with real world inequalities. Brooke Ackerly examines the methods by which real world feminist activists have criticized society, and argues that their activities show how feminist theory can move beyond its theoretical impasse toward articulating social criticism with critical teeth. Her book will be of interest to political and social theorists, and to students and scholars of women's studies, feminism, and human rights.
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Critical Theory after Habermas: Encounters and Departures

Book by Dieter Freundlieb, Wayne Hudson, John Rundell; Brill, 2004

Subjects:

Critical Theory, Frankfurt School Of Sociology, Habermas, Jeurgen

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

The essays in this book engage with the broad range of J]rgen Habermas' work including politics and the public sphere, nature, aesthetics, the linguistic turn and the paradigm of intersubjectivity. Each essay responds to particular difficulties with Habermas' approach to these topics. Each ...
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The essays in this book engage with the broad range of J]rgen Habermas' work including politics and the public sphere, nature, aesthetics, the linguistic turn and the paradigm of intersubjectivity. Each essay responds to particular difficulties with Habermas' approach to these topics. Each contributor also draws on different theoretical and philosophical traditions in order to explore recent developments in critical theory.
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After the Demise of the Tradition: Rorty, Critical Theory, and the Fate of Philosophy

Book by Kai Nielsen; Westview Press, 1991

Subjects:

Knowledge, Theory Of, Methodology, Philosophy, Modern--20th Century, Postmodernism, Rorty, Richard

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...methodology--a distinctive development of methodological considerations central to the work of John Rawls and Norman Daniels--into the form of critical theory I adumbrate. 14 I also defend it against relativizing implications and critiques of it by...

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Journal Articles on: rawls theory

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The New Rawls and Constitutional Theory: Does It Really Taste That Much Better?

Journal article by Michael P. Zuckert; Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 11, 1994

Subjects:

A Theory of Justice (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Constitutional law--Philosophy, Political Liberalism (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Rawls, John--Philosophy

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...use of sanctions . . . ."(3) In Theory Rawls hardly noticed the problem of...substantive enough to produce such a theory. Rawls thus includes a third element...sections 4.1 at 68. (4.) John Rawls, A Theory of Justice 3 (Harv. U. Press...
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After Rawls

Journal article by Jeffrey Paris; Social Theory and Practice, Vol. 28, 2002

Subjects:

John Rawls: Collected Papers (Book)

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...here. In "The Law of Peoples" Rawls extends his theory of justice to problems that...First, then, the ideal theory. Rawls suggests that a hierarchically...Normative Foundations of Social Theory: Kant, Rawls, and Habermas (Albany: State...
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Incentives and Justice: G.A. Cohen's Egalitarian Critique of Rawls

Journal article by Paul Smith; Social Theory and Practice, 1998

Subjects:

Cohen, G.A.--Philosophy, Distributive justice--Philosophy, Equality--Philosophy, Liberalism--Philosophy, Philosophy, Marxist--Political aspects, Rawls, John--Philosophy

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...316 f., 320 f. (20.) John Rawls, A Theory of Justice (Cambridge, Mass...30.) Ibid., pp. 53-54. (31.) Rawls, A Theory of Justice, pp.101-2. (32...then, compensatory. (33.) Rawls, A Theory of Justice, pp. 151, 158...
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Defending the Plurality of States: Cloots, Kant, and Rawls

Journal article by Pauline Kleingeld; Social Theory and Practice, Vol. 32, 2006

Subjects:

Autonomy (Political science)--Political aspects, Autonomy--Political aspects, Countries--Economic aspects, Countries--Political aspects, Globalization--Economic aspects, Kant, Immanuel--Political aspects, Sovereignty--Political aspects

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...beyond them in his own theory of justice. In his view, Rawls is insufficiently individualistic...consequences for the theory as extended (by Rawls) to "decent" peoples...Persons," Political Theory 28 (2000): 640-74. (25) E.g., Rawls, The Law of Peoples...
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Arendt, Rawls, and Public Reason

Journal article by Mark Button; Social Theory and Practice, Vol. 31, 2005

Subjects:

Democracy--Evaluation, Democracy--United States, Politics--Evaluation, Scholars--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Scholars--Services

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...and who, again in theory, are ultimately responsible...over one another. Rawls argues that the ideal...7; John Horton, "Rawls, Public Reason and...Contemporary Political Theory 2 (2003): 5-23...Subject," Political Theory 23 (1995): 330-52...chapters 1 and 5. (43) Rawls, Political Liberalism...

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Magazine Articles on: rawls theory

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John Rawls

Magazine article by Ernest Partridge; Free Inquiry, Vol. 24, February 2004

Subjects:

A Theory of Justice (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Ethics, Philosophers, Rawls, John--Appreciation

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...Preface to his masterpiece, A Theory of Justice, Rawls wrote with characteristic...referred to this as "the Rawls industry." A Theory of Justice is a long (587...shared by others." --John Rawls, A Theory of Justice (Cambridge, Mass...
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The Antipolitical Philosophy of John Rawls

Magazine article by Brian C. Anderson; Public Interest, Spring 2003

Subjects:

Harvard University--Officials and employees, Philosophers--Attitudes, Rawls, John--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...if they are unjust." Rawls labeled his imposing theory "justice as fairness...1993 Political Liberalism, Rawls recast his theory, saying that justice as...economic advantage," as Rawls puts it in A Theory of Justice, defensible...
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John Rawls and the Liberal Faith

Magazine article by Peter Berkowitz; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 26, Spring 2002

Subjects:

Faith--Political aspects, Liberalism--Religious aspects, Rawls, John--Philosophy

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...equality. What makes A Theory of Justice distinctive...conceptual machinery Rawls assembles in making...reason and morality, A Theory of Justice suffers...fundamental ambiguity. Rawls himself sometimes...not metaphysical," Rawls exacerbated the confusion...morality inhering in A Theory of Justice. The...
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Rawls and Us

Magazine article by Eric Alterman; The Nation, Vol. 275, December 23, 2002

Subjects:

Political philosophers, Rawls, John--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

Collections: Entire Library

...who never knew him. Thomas Nagel calls Rawls "the most important political philosopher...Indeed, his demanding 1971 masterpiece, A Theory of Justice, has sold more than 200,000...pretty ideas. Nowhere is this truer than of Rawls. Ill leave the summary to Alan Ryan, who...
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Politics, Religion & the Public Good: An Interview with Philosopher John Rawls

Magazine article by Bernard G. Prusak; Commonweal, Vol. 125, September 25, 1998

Subjects:

Philosophers, Modern--Interviews, Political Liberalism (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Rawls, John--Interviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Prusak John Rawls is widely recognized...mid-century. His book A Theory of Justice (Harvard...your problem in A Theory of Justice. * RAWLS: Yes, I think it...Neuhaus is this: Rawls does not think that...controversy over A Theory of Justice. To this...

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Newspaper Articles on: rawls theory

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England on the Eve of the Millenium

Newspaper article by Colin Walters; The Washington Times, September 14, 1997

Subjects:

Drabble, Margaret

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and DAngers are playing a parlor game which David calls "The Veil of Ignorance" (it is based on the philosopher John Rawls Theory of Justice). Each player tries to imagine the structure of a just society, into which he or she would be willing to...
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Pollsters' Napoleonic Wars; Author May Bring Them Their Waterloo

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 24, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...That hallowed spot belong to John Rawls "A Theory of Justice," a source of embarrassment...his recent passing. (Actually, Mr. Rawls work, primarily due to its heft...those dreadful drones rehashing their Rawls for a crowded room. It is always...
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'How Abe Lincoln Lost the Black Vote'; Proclamation Takes Some Hits

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 11, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...will, choice, and autonomy. From the 19th century abolitionists to modern constitutional theory, Kantianism (especially in the contemporary work of John Rawls) has held much of the ground of public ethics, casting Lincolnian prudence further and...
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The Right to Property: Its Philosophical and Legal Bases; (Delivered before the Philippine Business Forum, Oakwood Hotel, Makati City on November 9, 2005.)

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 22, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the American Constitution includes his theory of property rights. 9 To Locke, the right...current major political thinker, John Rawls, contends that questions about the system...their differing thoughts, the dominant theory is that there exists a right to property...
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Farewell to Rights

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 5, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...university admission, but they would still have equal protection in theory. This would provide whites some protection from becoming full-fledged...minorities." Isnt this the triumph of the Harvard philosopher, John Rawls, who argued that the only policies that can be justified are...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: rawls theory

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Rawls, John Bordley

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

RAWLS, JOHN BORDLEY 1921 2002, American...Harvard. Rawlss chief work was A Theory of Justice (1971, 2d ed. 1999), in...advantage of those who are worst off. For Rawls, justice does not require equality...revived interest in systematic political theory. His other works include The Law...
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Political Science

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Pressure Groups (5th ed. 1964); G. Almond and G. B. Powell, Comparative Politics: A Developmental Approach (1966); J. Rawls, A Theory of Justice (1971); B. Crick, The American Science of Politics (1982); G. Shakhnazarov, Contemporary Political...

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