Rawls: Principles of Justice (Others)

Author: (Japanese) Takashi Kawamoto
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Publish Date: 2001-11-01
Features: John Rawls, an American ethicist and honorary professor at Harvard University. In 1971, he published A Theory of Justice, aiming to achieve an ordered society of justice and modernize the social contract theory to bring his unique conception of justice to fruition. Its publication reignited interest in social ethics both within and outside academia. Other works include Political Liberalism and Justice as Fairness (a collection of essays). In addition to briefly reviewing Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, and Husserl, the "Four Great Thinkers," in the introductory work The Sources of Modern Thought, this book also examines thirty prominent philosophers and thinkers of modern Western philosophy in thirty volumes, providing a comprehensive elaboration and meticulous analysis of their philosophical ideas, making it academically valuable. Second, the selection is appropriate, with the chosen figures being highly representative. Third, the perspective is novel, offering reference value.