From Contractarian Theories of Justice to Normative Social Criticism
Title | From Contractarian Theories of Justice to Normative Social Criticism PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth Richard Baynes |
Publisher | |
Pages | 325 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Criticism (Philosophy) |
ISBN |
A Theory of Justice
Title | A Theory of Justice PDF eBook |
Author | John RAWLS |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 624 |
Release | 2009-06-30 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0674042603 |
Though the revised edition of A Theory of Justice, published in 1999, is the definitive statement of Rawls's view, so much of the extensive literature on Rawls's theory refers to the first edition. This reissue makes the first edition once again available for scholars and serious students of Rawls's work.
Justice and the Social Contract
Title | Justice and the Social Contract PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Freeman |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 2009-04-24 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0199725063 |
Samuel Freeman was a student of the influential philosopher John Rawls, he has edited numerous books dedicated to Rawls' work and is arguably Rawls' foremost interpreter. This volume collects new and previously published articles by Freeman on Rawls. Among other things, Freeman places Rawls within historical context in the social contract tradition, and thoughtfully addresses criticisms of this position. Not only is Freeman a leading authority on Rawls, but he is an excellent thinker in his own right, and these articles will be useful to a wide range of scholars interested in Rawls and the expanse of his influence.
The Contract and Domination
Title | The Contract and Domination PDF eBook |
Author | Carole Pateman |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 520 |
Release | 2013-04-23 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0745636217 |
Contract and Domination offers a bold challenge to contemporary contract theory, arguing that it should either be fundamentally rethought or abandoned altogether. Since the publication of John Rawls's A Theory of Justice, contract theory has once again become central to the Western political tradition. But gender justice is neglected and racial justice almost completely ignored. Carole Pateman and Charles Mills's earlier books, The Sexual Contract (1988) and The Racial Contract (1997), offered devastating critiques of gender and racial domination and the contemporary contract tradition's silence on them. Both books have become classics of revisionist radical democratic political theory. Now Pateman and Mills are collaborating for the first time in an interdisciplinary volume, drawing on their insights from political science and philosophy. They are building on but going beyond their earlier work to bring the sexual and racial contracts together. In Contract and Domination, Pateman and Mills discuss their differences about contract theory and whether it has a useful future, excavate the (white) settler contract that created new civil societies in North America and Australia, argue via a non-ideal contract for reparations to black Americans, confront the evasions of contemporary contract theorists, explore the intersections of gender and race and the global sexual-racial contract, and reply to their critics. This iconoclastic book throws the gauntlet down to mainstream white male contract theory. It is vital reading for anyone with an interest in political theory and political philosophy, and the systems of male and racial domination.
The Social Contract from Hobbes to Rawls
Title | The Social Contract from Hobbes to Rawls PDF eBook |
Author | David Boucher |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0415108462 |
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Minimal Morality
Title | Minimal Morality PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Moehler |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0198785925 |
Michael Moehler develops a novel multilevel social contract theory tailored to the conditions of societies that are deeply morally pluralistic. Such societies must cope with a variety of values and traditions: Moehler defines the minimal behavioral restrictions that are necessary to ensure mutually beneficial peaceful long-term cooperation.
John Rawls, A Theory of Justice
Title | John Rawls, A Theory of Justice PDF eBook |
Author | Otfried Höffe |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 245 |
Release | 2013-07-25 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9047431065 |
Essential reading for all who are interested in mid-century, western, political philosophy and the philosophy of John Rawls especially his seminal text A Theory of Justice.