Thirty years after publication of A Theory of Justice, with all the discussion of rights and pluralism that has ensued, it is easy to forget that a whole generation of our political and moral philosophers had virtually stopped talking about that idea, and about how it can guide a religiously and ethnically diverse society like our own” ( Chronicle of Higher Education).
In it, Rawls “gave new specificity and vigor to one of the most valuable legacies of the liberal political tradition: the idea that a person has a dignity and worth that social structures should not be permitted to violate. John Rawls “was arguably the most important political philosopher of the 20th century… His first book, A Theory of Justice, revitalized the social-contract tradition, using it to articulate and defend a detailed vision of egalitarian liberalism.” ( Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Housed in a custom clamshell box.įirst edition, first printing, of John Rawls’ landmark work of political philosophy, in scarce dust jacket. Octavo, original purple cloth, original dust jacket. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971. “THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL AND INTERESTING CONTRIBUTION TO MORAL PHILOSOPHY SINCE THE WAR”
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