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In WHY POLITICAL LIBERALISM?, Paul Weithman offers a fresh,
rigorous, and compelling interpretation of John Rawls's reasons for
taking his so-called "political turn". Weithman takes Rawls at his
word that justice as fairness was recast as a form of political
liberalism because of an inconsistency Rawls found in his early
treatment of social stability. He argues that the inconsistency is
best seen by identifying the threats to stability with which the
early Rawls was concerned. One of those threats, often overlooked
by Rawls's readers, is the threat that the justice of a
well-ordered society would be undermined by a generalized
prisoner's dilemma. Showing how the Rawls of "A Theory of Justice"
tried to avert that threat shows that the much-neglected third part
of that book is of considerably greater philosophical interest, and
has considerably more unity of focus, than is generally
appreciated. Weithman painstakingly reconstructs Rawls's attempts
to show that a just society would be stable, and just as carefully
shows why Rawls came to think those arguments were inconsistent
with other parts of his theory. Weithman then shows that the
changes Rawls introduced into his view between "Theory of Justice"
and "Political Liberalism" result from his attempt to remove the
inconsistency and show that the hazard of the generalized
prisoner's dilemma can be averted after all. Recovering Rawls's two
treatments of stability helps to answer contested questions about
the role of the original position and the foundations of justice as
fairness. The result is a powerful and unified reading of Rawls's
work that explains his political turn and shows his enduring
engagement with some of the deepest concerns of human life.
"Weithman has written a masterful work of Rawls scholarship. This
book will deepen our understanding of how and why Rawls
restructured his theory, and illuminate this fascinating transition
in the history of political philosophy." Leif Wenar, Chair of
Ethics, Kings College London "Weithman's reconstruction of Rawls's
arguments is masterful, convincing and in many ways revelatory.
Readers will find that the text provides compelling answers to a
lot of puzzling questions about Rawls's project that have lingered
for some time. Perhaps most importantly, Weithman gives the best
explanation to date of exactly why Rawls felt compelled to revise
his theory as he did." Colin Bird, Department of Politics,
University of Virginia
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