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050	0	0	_aB945.R284 _bG35 2018
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100	1		_aGalisanka, Andrius _984421
245	1	0	_aJohn Rawls _bthe path to a theory of justice
260			_aCambridge _bHarvard University Press _c2019
300			_a261p _c24 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aProtestant beginnings -- Drawing on logical positivism -- Engagement with Wittgensteinian philosophy -- The fair games of autonomous persons -- Practices of reasoning -- Natural bases of justice -- No shortcuts in philosophy -- Kantian autonomy -- A theory of justice.
520			_aIt is hard to overestimate the influence of John Rawls on political philosophy and theory over the last half-century. His books have sold millions of copies worldwide, and he is one of the few philosophers whose work is known in the corridors of power as well as in the halls of academe. Rawls is most famous for the development of his view of "justice as fairness," articulated most forcefully in his best-known work, A Theory of Justice. In it he develops a liberalism focused on improving the fate of the least advantaged, and attempts to demonstrate that, despite our differences, agreement on basic political institutions is both possible and achievable. Critics have maintained that Rawls's view is unrealistic and ultimately undemocratic. In this incisive new intellectual biography, Andrius Gališanka argues that in misunderstanding the origins and development of Rawls's central argument, previous narratives fail to explain the novelty of his philosophical approach and so misunderstand the political vision he made prevalent. Gališanka draws on newly available archives of Rawls's unpublished essays and personal papers to clarify the justifications Rawls offered for his assumption of basic moral agreement. Gališanka's intellectual-historical approach reveals a philosopher struggling toward humbler claims than critics allege. To engage with Rawls's search for agreement is particularly valuable at this political juncture. By providing insight into the origins, aims, and arguments of A Theory of Justice, Gališanka's John Rawls will allow us to consider the philosopher's most important and influential work with fresh eyes.--
600	1	0	_aRawls, John, _d1921-2002 _984422
600	1	0	_aRawls, John _d1921-2002. _tTheory of justice _92039
650		0	_aJustice (Philosophy) _957473
650		0	_aLiberalism _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century. _984423
650		0	_aPolitical science _xPhilosophy. _984424
650		0	_aEthics, Modern _y20th century. _984425
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