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Rawls´s Law of Peoples: A Realistic Utopia?
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Description for Rawls´s Law of Peoples: A Realistic Utopia?
Hardback. * A collection of new and stimulating essays on Rawls's controversial last book, The Law of Peoples. *Rawls is considered the most important theorist of justice in much of western Europe and the English-speaking world more generally. * The essays are written by pre-eminent theorists in the field. Editor(s): Martin, Rex; Reidy, David. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 265 x 191 x 24. Weight in Grams: 786.
John Rawlsis considered the most important theorist of justice in much of western Europe and the English-speaking world more generally. This volume examines Rawls’s theory of international justice as worked out in his last and perhaps most controversial book, The Law of Peoples. It contains new and stimulating essays, some sympathetic, others critical, written by pre-eminent theorists in the field. These essays situate Rawls’s The Law of Peoples historically and methodologically, and examine all its key ingredients: its thin cosmopolitanism, its doctrine of human rights, its principles of global economic justice, and its normative theory of liberal foreign policy. The ... Read more
John Rawlsis considered the most important theorist of justice in much of western Europe and the English-speaking world more generally. This volume examines Rawls’s theory of international justice as worked out in his last and perhaps most controversial book, The Law of Peoples. It contains new and stimulating essays, some sympathetic, others critical, written by pre-eminent theorists in the field. These essays situate Rawls’s The Law of Peoples historically and methodologically, and examine all its key ingredients: its thin cosmopolitanism, its doctrine of human rights, its principles of global economic justice, and its normative theory of liberal foreign policy. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405135306
SKU
V9781405135306
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About Martin
Rex Martin is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas and Honorary Professor at Cardiff University. His most recent books are A System of Rights (1997) and a revised edition of R.G. Collingwood's An Essay on Metaphysics (2002). David Reidy is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tennessee. He is the ... Read more
Reviews for Rawls´s Law of Peoples: A Realistic Utopia?
"This is a useful and illuminating volume that will greatly deepen its readers' understanding of Rawls's The Law of Peoples and related problems of justice and human rights on a global scale." (Human Right Review, December 2008) A Choice Magazine's Outstanding Academic Book for 2006