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Reconstructing Rawls

Taylor, Robert S., 1968-

Reconstructing Rawls the Kantian foundations of justice as fairness / [electronic resource] : Robert S. Taylor. - University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 336 p. :) ill. ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rawls's Kantianism -- The Kantian conception of the person -- The priorities of right and political liberty -- The priority of civil liberty -- The priority of fair equality of opportunity -- The difference principle -- Justifying the Kantian conception of the person -- The poverty of political liberalism -- Conclusion: justice as fairness as a universalistic Kantian liberalism.

"Compares the theories of John Rawls and Emmanuel Kant, and offers an internal critique and reconstruction of justice as fairness, reconceiving it as a comprehensive, universalistic Kantian liberalism"--Provided by publisher.

9780271053622 0271053623




Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 --Political and social views.
Rawls, John, 1921-2002.


Justice.


Electronic books.

JC578 / .T39 2011

320.01/1