John Rawls

This Book Is The First Detailed Reconstruction Of The Late Work Of John Rawls Who Was Perhaps The Most Influential Philosopher Of The Twentieth Century. Rawls''S 1971 Treatise A Theory Of Justice Stimulated An Outpouring Of Commentary On ''Justice-As-Fairness'' His Conception Of Justice For An Ideal Self-Contained Modern Political Society. Most Of That Commentary Took Rawls To Be Defending Welfare-State Capitalism As Found In Western Europe And The United States. Far Less Attention Has Been Given To Rawls''S 2001 Book Justice As Fairness: A Restatement. In The Restatement Rawls Not Only Substantially Reformulates The ''Original Position'' Argument For The Two Principles Of Justice-As-Fairness But Also Repudiates Capitalist Regimes As Possible Embodiments. Edmundson Further Develops Rawls''S Non-Ideal Theory Which Guides Us When We Find Ourselves In A Society That Falls Well Short Of Justice.