{"product_id":"a-companion-to-rawls-isbn-9781444337105","title":"A Companion to Rawls","description":"\u003cp\u003eWide ranging and up to date, this is the single most comprehensive treatment of the most influential political philosopher of the 20th century, John Rawls.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e An unprecedented survey that reflects the surge of Rawls scholarship since his death, and the lively debates that have emerged from his work\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures an outstanding list of contributors, including senior as well as “next generation” Rawls scholars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides careful, textually informed exegesis and well-developed critical commentary across all areas of his work, including  non-Rawlsian perspectives\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes discussion of new material, covering Rawls’s work from the newly published undergraduate thesis to the final writings on public reason and the law of peoples\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers Rawls’s moral and political philosophy, his distinctive methodological commitments, and his relationships to the history of moral and political philosophy and to jurisprudence and the social sciences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes discussion of his monumental 1971 book, \u003ci\u003eA Theory of Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, which is often credited as having revitalized political philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJon Mandle and David A. Reidy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Ambitions 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 From Philosophical Theology to Democratic Theory: Early Postcards from an Intellectual Journey 9\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid A. Reidy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Does Justice as Fairness Have a Religious Aspect? 31\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Weithman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Method 57\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Constructivism as Rhetoric 59\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnthony Simon Laden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Kantian Constructivism 73\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLarry Krasnoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Basic Structure of Society as the Primary Subject of Justice 88\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSamuel Freeman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Rawls on Ideal and Nonideal Theory 112\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eZofia Stemplowska and Adam Swift\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Choice from the Original Position 128\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJon Mandle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III A Theory of Justice 145\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Priority of Liberty 147\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert S. Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Applying Justice as Fairness to Institutions 164\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eColin M. Macleod\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Democratic Equality as a Work-in-Progress 185\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStuart White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Stability, a Sense of Justice, and Self-Respect 200\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas E. Hill, Jr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Political Authority, Civil Disobedience, Revolution 216\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlexander Kaufman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV A Political Conception 233\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Turn to a Political Liberalism 235\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGerald Gaus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Political Constructivism 251\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAaron James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 On the Idea of Public Reason 265\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJonathan Quong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Overlapping Consensus 281\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRex Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Citizenship as Fairness: John Rawls’s Conception of Civic Virtue 297\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard Dagger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Inequality, Difference, and Prospects for Democracy 312\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eErin I. Kelly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Extending Political Liberalism: International Relations 325\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Law of Peoples 327\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHuw Lloyd Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Human Rights 346\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGillian Brock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Global Poverty and Global Inequality 361\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard W. Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Just War 378\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDarrel Moellendorf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Conversations with Other Perspectives 395\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Rawls, Mill, and Utilitarianism 397\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJonathan Riley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Perfectionist Justice and Rawlsian Legitimacy 413\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSteven Wall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 The Unwritten Theory of Justice: Rawlsian Liberalism versus Libertarianism 430\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarbara H. Fried\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Young Marx and the Middle-Aged Rawls 450\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel Brudney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Challenges of Global and Local Misogyny 472\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClaudia Card\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Critical Theory and Habermas 487\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKenneth Baynes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Rawls and Economics 504\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel Little\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Learning from the History of Political Philosophy 526\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eS.A. Lloyd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Rawls and the History of Moral Philosophy: The Cases of Smith and Kant 546\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Guyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 567\u003c\/p\u003e  “An outstanding collection of 31 essays, this collection provides a wide range of material for those interested in Rawls, liberalism, and political philosophy in general. This is one of those volumes that every university library should own. Summing Up: Highly recommended.” – \u003cb\u003eChoice\u003c\/b\u003e, October 2014\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"The editors aim to produce “not so much a summary of past scholarly work as a serviceable roadmap for current and future work on Rawls” (1). It is a high ambition which raises high expectations which are, happily, lived up to.\" - \u003cb\u003eDialogue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"This Companion to Rawls is a rich collection of stimulating and critical essays, which provides us with more than a state of the art volume. The textual interpretations, contextual elucidations and illuminating connections with diverse disciplines invite the reader to explore new paths and perspectives. For students of (political) philosophy the volume will be more than a thorough introduction to the philosophy of Rawls. For well-grounded scholars, who are fully acquainted with Rawls’s works, it will open up new insights and subtleties and offer them inspiration for future research. The Companion to Rawls is a welcome contribution to Rawls scholarship, which looks beyond A Theory of Justice and does justice to the versatility and ingenuity of Rawls’s works and thoughts\" - \u003cb\u003eDialogue\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJon Mandle\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University at Albany (SUNY). He has published two books on the work of John Rawls and one on global justice. His work engages in political philosophy, ethics, the philosophy of social science, and their histories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid A. Reidy\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Head in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Tennessee. He works in political and legal philosophy with special attention to the work of John Rawls and to issues of global justice and human rights. With Rex Martin he co-edited (and contributed to) a volume on Rawls's \"The Law of Peoples\" recognized by the American Library Association with a \"Choice Award.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere is little doubt that John Rawls was the preeminent English speaking political philosopher of the twentieth century. His monumental 1971 book, \u003ci\u003eA Theory of Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, is often credited with revitalizing political philosophy. Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in publications on Rawls, but while the depth and significance of his work on social justice is generally acknowledged, the breadth of his contribution to philosophy is often neglected.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith the publication of \u003ci\u003eA Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith\u003c\/i\u003e, Rawls's corpus now stands at eight books, comprising some 3,500 pages of text. \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Rawls\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive and up-to-date study of the totality of Rawls's work from informed, reliable, but diverse and sometimes critical perspectives. It is a \"must-have\" volume for students and scholars with a serious interest in Rawls's work.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“This first-class collection of new essays on John Rawls’s work heralds a renaissance of philosophical engagement with it, a new era that takes us beyond slogans and treats the full range and subtlety of the work, considered as a whole.“\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e—Henry S. Richardson, Georgetown University\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A panoramic perspective on Rawls, from intellectual biography to textual interpretations, to his relations to other theories, theorists, and disciplines. The essays are charitable, critical, and fresh—this collection is state-of-the-art.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e—Leif Wenar, King’s College London\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Rawls changed political philosophy forever. Where do we go from here? Building on Rawls’s deepest insights, these essays chart several promising paths forward. A must-read for all political philosophers.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e—Robert B. Talisse, Vanderbilt University\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988614496485,"sku":"NP9781444337105","price":230.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444337105.jpg?v=1761780978","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-companion-to-rawls-isbn-9781444337105","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}