Political PhilosophyBook · 1971
A Theory of Justice
John Rawls
Rawls asks which principles you would choose for a society if you did not know your own place in it, your class, or your talents. From behind that veil of ignorance he derives equal basic liberties first, and then the difference principle: inequalities are permitted only where they work to the benefit of the least advantaged. First published in 1971; the edition here is the revised text of 1999.
Why you should read this
The book that revived normative political philosophy in the English-speaking academy, built around the thought experiment of choosing principles of justice from behind a veil of ignorance.
- Field
- Political Philosophy
- Form
- Non-fiction
- Published
- 1971
- Themes
- JusticePolitical Philosophy
