With the publication of his first book, A Theory of Justice ( LJ 4/1/72), Harvard philosopher Rawls catapulted himself into the first rank of contemporary political philosophers. His difficult and rewarding book offered an ingenious defense of the "social contract" as binding society together in the interests of not only justice but fairness. With Political Liberalism , his second book, Rawls responds to his critics by confronting the dilemmas inherent in developing a liberal theory of the good society that acknowledges cultural diversity and ethical pluralism. His approach is to "describe the steps whereby a constitutional consensus on certain principles of basic political rights and liberties and on democratic procedures become an overlapping consensus." Not all readers will be satisfied by his solution, but they will be dazzled by his clarity of purpose and logic. Highly recommended for academic libraries. - Kent Worcester, Social Science Research Council, New York
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John Rawls
John Rawls, o mais conhecido e celebrado filósofo político norte-americano, falecido aos 81 anos, em 2002, é tido como o principal teórico da democracia liberal dos dias de hoje. O seu grande tratado jurídio-político A Teoria da Justiça, de 1971, o alinhou entre os grandes pensadores sociais do século 20. Um legítimo sucessor de uma linhagem ideológica que origina-se em Locke. Os temas que hoje provocam polêmica, tal como o sistema de cotas para os negros nas universidades e nos cargos públicos, deriva diretamente da concepção de sociedade justa estabelecida por Rawls.
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