Illiberal justice : John Rawls vs. the American political tradition /

Illiberal justice : John Rawls vs. the American political tradition /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Schaefer, David Lewis, 1943-
Imprint:	Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007.
Description:	xiii, 367 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Rawls, John, -- 1921-2002. Rawls, John, -- 1921-2002. Liberalism. Liberalism -- United States. Libertarianism. Justice. Justice. Liberalism. Libertarianism. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6325125

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ISBN:	9780826216847 (hard cover : alk. paper) 0826216846 (hard cover : alk. paper) 9780826216991 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0826216994 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-359) and index.
Summary:	"Schaefer challenges John Rawls's practically sacrosanct status among scholars of political theory, law, and ethics by demonstrating how Rawls's teachings deviate from the core tradition of American constitutional liberalism toward libertarianism"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction: John Rawls and the Crisis of American Liberalism
Chapter 1. Justice as Fairness
Chapter 2. The Second Principle of Justice
Chapter 3. "Choosing" Principles of Justice in the Original Position
Chapter 4. A Just Constitution
Chapter 5. Economic Justice
Chapter 6. Civil Disobedience vs. the Right of Resistance
Chapter 7. "Goodness as Rationality," Self-Respect, and Rawlsian Jurisprudence
Chapter 8. The Sense of Justice
Chapter 9. The Just and the Good
Chapter 10. Political Liberalism I: Principles
Chapter 11. Political Liberalism II: Applications
Chapter 12. "The Idea of Public Reason Revisited"
Chapter 13. The Law of Peoples
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index