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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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The Town Officer; or The Power and Duty of Selectmen, Town Clerks, Town Treasurers, Overseers of the Poor, Assessors, Constables, Collectors of Taxes, Surveyors of High Ways, Surveyors of Lumber, Fence Viewers, and Other Town Officers (Hardcover)
Samuel Freeman
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For close to forty years now T.M. Scanlon has been one of the most
important contributors to moral and political philosophy in the
Anglo-American world. Through both his writing and his teaching, he
has played a central role in shaping the questions with which
research in moral and political philosophy now grapples.
Reasons and Recognition brings together fourteen new papers on an
array of topics from the many areas to which Scanlon has made
path-breaking contributions, each of which develops a distinctive
and independent position while critically engaging with central
themes from Scanlon's own work in the area. Contributors include
well-known senior figures in moral and political philosophy as well
as important younger scholars whose work is just beginning to gain
wider recognition. Taken together, these papers make evident the
scope and lasting interest of Scanlon's contributions to moral and
political philosophy while contributing to a deeper understanding
of the issues addressed in his work.
John Rawls is the most significant and influential moral philosopher of the twentieth century. His work has profoundly affected contemporary discussions of social, political and economic justice in philosophy, law, political science, economics and other social disciplines. In this collection of new essays, many of the world's leading political and moral theorists discuss the full range of Rawls's contribution to the concepts of political and economic justice, democracy, liberalism, constitutionalism and international justice.
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Rawls (Hardcover)
Samuel Freeman
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R3,861
Discovery Miles 38 610
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In this superb introduction, Samuel Freeman introduces and
assesses the main topics of Rawls' philosophy. Starting with a
brief biography and charting the influences on Rawls' early
thinking, he goes on to discuss the heart of Rawls's philosophy:
his principles of justice and their practical application to
society.
Subsequent chapters discuss Rawls's theories of liberty,
political and economic justice, democratic institutions, goodness
as rationality, moral psychology, political liberalism, and
international justice and a concluding chapter considers Rawls'
legacy.
Clearly setting out the ideas in Rawls' masterwork, A Theory of
Justice, Samuel Freeman also considers Rawls' other key works,
including Political Liberalism and The Law of Peoples. An
invaluable introduction to this deeply influential philosopher,
Rawls is essential reading for anyone coming to his work for the
first time.
In this superb introduction, Samuel Freeman introduces and
assesses the main topics of Rawls' philosophy. Starting with a
brief biography and charting the influences on Rawls' early
thinking, he goes on to discuss the heart of Rawls's philosophy:
his principles of justice and their practical application to
society.
Subsequent chapters discuss Rawls's theories of liberty,
political and economic justice, democratic institutions, goodness
as rationality, moral psychology, political liberalism, and
international justice and a concluding chapter considers Rawls'
legacy.
Clearly setting out the ideas in Rawls' masterwork, A Theory of
Justice, Samuel Freeman also considers Rawls' other key works,
including Political Liberalism and The Law of Peoples. An
invaluable introduction to this deeply influential philosopher,
Rawls is essential reading for anyone coming to his work for the
first time.
John Rawls (1921-2002) was one of the 20th century's most important
philosophers and continues to be among the most widely discussed of
contemporary thinkers. His work, particularly A Theory of Justice,
is integral to discussions of social and international justice,
democracy, liberalism, welfare economics, and constitutional law,
in departments of philosophy, politics, economics, law, public
policy, and others.
Samuel Freeman is one of Rawls's foremost interpreters. This volume
contains nine of his essays on Rawls and Rawlsian justice, two of
which are previously unpublished. Freeman places Rawls within
historical context in the social contract tradition, addresses
criticisms of his positions, and discusses the implications of his
views on issues of distributive justice, liberalism and democracy,
international justice, and other subjects. This collection will be
useful to the wide range of scholars interested in Rawls and
theories of justice.
Samuel Freeman is a leading political philosopher and one of the
foremost authorities on the works of John Rawls. Liberalism and
Distributive Justice offers a series of Freeman's essays in
contemporary political philosophy on three different forms of
liberalism-classical liberalism, libertarianism, and the high
liberal tradition-and their relation to capitalism, the welfare
state, and economic justice. Freeman organizes his chapters into a
narrative arc: from liberalism as the dominant political and
economic system, to the laws governing interpersonal transactions
in a liberal society, to the broad social and political structures
that determine distributive justice. Freeman analyzes the primary
differences between the classical and high liberal traditions and
shows why libertarianism is not a liberal view. He then shows how
Rawls's liberal principles of justice and the difference principle
are to be applied in both ideal and non-ideal circumstances, and
also to questions of private law, and then demonstrates why Rawls's
difference principle supports a property-owning democracy rather
than welfare-state capitalism, effectively responding to criticisms
by Amartya Sen, G.A. Cohen, and others. Finally, he argues for the
social rather than global bases of distributive justice and
explains why principles of distributive justice should apply
primarily to structure basic social and economic institutions. The
volume is highly relevant to contemporary debates about economic
inequality, poverty, and the responsibility of government to
respond to them. In particular, it provides insight into questions
of the fair distribution of income and wealth, the proper role of
government in regulating a market economy, and in providing public
services and a social minimum.
Samuel Freeman is a leading political philosopher and one of the
foremost authorities on the works of John Rawls. Liberalism and
Distributive Justice offers a series of Freeman's essays in
contemporary political philosophy on three different forms of
liberalism-classical liberalism, libertarianism, and the high
liberal tradition-and their relation to capitalism, the welfare
state, and economic justice.
John Rawls is the most significant and influential moral philosopher of the twentieth century. His work has profoundly affected contemporary discussions of social, political and economic justice in philosophy, law, political science, economics and other social disciplines. In this collection of new essays, many of the world's leading political and moral theorists discuss the full range of Rawls's contribution to the concepts of political and economic justice, democracy, liberalism, constitutionalism and international justice.
Samuel Freeman was a student of the influential philosopher John
Rawls, he has edited numerous books dedicated to Rawls' work and is
arguably Rawls' foremost interpreter. This volume collects new and
previously published articles by Freeman on Rawls. Among other
things, Freeman places Rawls within historical context in the
social contract tradition, and thoughtfully addresses criticisms of
this position. Not only is Freeman a leading authority on Rawls,
but he is an excellent thinker in his own right, and these articles
will be useful to a wide range of scholars interested in Rawls and
the expanse of his influence.
This last book by the late John Rawls, derived from written
lectures and notes for his long-running course on modern political
philosophy, offers readers an account of the liberal political
tradition from a scholar viewed by many as the greatest
contemporary exponent of the philosophy behind that tradition.
Rawls's goal in the lectures was, he wrote, "to identify the
more central features of liberalism as expressing a political
conception of justice when liberalism is viewed from within the
tradition of democratic constitutionalism." He does this by looking
at several strands that make up the liberal and democratic
constitutional traditions, and at the historical figures who best
represent these strands--among them the contractarians Hobbes,
Locke, and Rousseau; the utilitarians Hume, Sidgwick, and J. S.
Mill; and Marx regarded as a critic of liberalism. Rawls's lectures
on Bishop Joseph Butler also are included in an appendix.
Constantly revised and refined over three decades, Rawls's lectures
on these figures reflect his developing and changing views on the
history of liberalism and democracy--as well as how he saw his own
work in relation to those traditions.
With its clear and careful analyses of the doctrine of the
social contract, utilitarianism, and socialism--and of their most
influential proponents--this volume has a critical place in the
traditions it expounds. Marked by Rawls's characteristic patience
and curiosity, and scrupulously edited by his student and teaching
assistant, Samuel Freeman, these lectures are a fitting final
addition to his oeuvre, and to the history of political philosophy
as well.
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