A Theory of Justice: Original EditionJohn Rawls aims to express an essential part of the common core of the democratic tradition—justice as fairness—and to provide an alternative to utilitarianism, which had dominated the Anglo-Saxon tradition of political thought since the nineteenth century. Rawls substitutes the ideal of the social contract as a more satisfactory account of the basic rights and liberties of citizens as free and equal persons. “Each person,” writes Rawls, “possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override.” Advancing the ideas of Rousseau, Kant, Emerson, and Lincoln, Rawls’s theory is as powerful today as it was when first published. Though the revised edition of A Theory of Justice, published in 1999, is the definitive statement of Rawls’s view, much of the extensive literature on his theory refers to the original. This first edition is available for scholars and serious students of Rawls’s work. |
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Side 27
It is this spectator who is conceived as carrying out the required organization of
the desires of all persons into one coherent system of desire ; it is by this
construction that many persons are fused into one . Endowed with ideal powers
of ...
It is this spectator who is conceived as carrying out the required organization of
the desires of all persons into one coherent system of desire ; it is by this
construction that many persons are fused into one . Endowed with ideal powers
of ...
Side 30
In utilitarianism the satisfaction of any desire has some value in itself which must
be taken into account in deciding what is right . In calculating the greatest
balance of satisfaction it does not matter , except indirectly , what the desires are
for.15 ...
In utilitarianism the satisfaction of any desire has some value in itself which must
be taken into account in deciding what is right . In calculating the greatest
balance of satisfaction it does not matter , except indirectly , what the desires are
for.15 ...
Side 33
... the satisfaction of the system of desire constructed by the impartial spectator
from the many individual systems of desires accepted as given . The comparison
with classical utilitarianism in its more natural derivation brings out this contrast .
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... the satisfaction of the system of desire constructed by the impartial spectator
from the many individual systems of desires accepted as given . The comparison
with classical utilitarianism in its more natural derivation brings out this contrast .
7.
Side 46
Moreover , we ordinarily have some desire to act in accord with these
pronouncements and expect a similar desire on the part of others . Clearly this
moral capacity is extraordinarily complex . To see this it suffices to note the
potentially infinite ...
Moreover , we ordinarily have some desire to act in accord with these
pronouncements and expect a similar desire on the part of others . Clearly this
moral capacity is extraordinarily complex . To see this it suffices to note the
potentially infinite ...
Side 48
The person making the judgment is presumed , then , to have the ability , the
opportunity , and the desire to reach a correct decision ( or at least , not the desire
not to ) . Moreover , the criteria that identify these judgments are not arbitrary .
The person making the judgment is presumed , then , to have the ability , the
opportunity , and the desire to reach a correct decision ( or at least , not the desire
not to ) . Moreover , the criteria that identify these judgments are not arbitrary .
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Bibliografiske oplysninger
| Titel | A Theory of Justice: Original Edition |
| Forfatter | John Rawls |
| Udgiver | Harvard University Press, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0674257693, 9780674257696 |
| Længde | 624 sider |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |