Reconstructing Rawls : the Kantian foundations of justice as fairness /

Reconstructing Rawls : the Kantian foundations of justice as fairness /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Taylor, Robert S., 1968-
Imprint:	University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xxiii, 336 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subject:	Rawls, John, -- 1921-2002. Kant, Immanuel, -- 1724-1804 -- Political and social views. Kant, Immanuel, -- 1724-1804. Rawls, John, -- 1921-2002. Justice. Justice. Political and social views. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11146610

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ISBN:	9780271056715 0271056711 9780271055329 0271055324 0271037725 9780271037721 0271056045 9780271056043 9780271053622 0271053623 9780271037714 0271037717
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-325) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"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.
Other form:	Print version: Taylor, Robert S., 1968- Reconstructing Rawls. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2011 9780271037714

Table of Contents:

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.