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Liberalism and Distributive Justice

Samuel Freeman author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:29th Apr '22

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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.

This is an excellent book that advances our understanding of the liberal project in general and the Rawlsian liberal project in particular. It will be of great benefit to anyone interested in liberalism, justice, and the political philosophy of John Rawls. * Collis Tahzib, The University of Southern California, Ethics *
[These] essays are of admirable clarity, arguing for their positions in meticulous detail. For those interested in a comprehensive overview of Freeman's understanding of Rawlsian justice, the collection is likely to be an extremely valuable resource, not least for teaching. * Lisa Herzog, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
The papers in Liberalism and Distributive Justice usually begin from an interpretative question about Rawls; but that is rarely where they end up. The core of the book takes forward the Rawlsian project by seriously engaging with its aim: the development of a realistically utopian private property system that is not capitalist...Given the extent of the secondary literature on Rawls the comparative neglect of this topic has been surprising. * Alan Thomas, Philosophy and Public Issues *
Sam Freeman makes a novel argument for property-owning democracy over welfare-state capitalism...which is a proposed friendly amendment to Rawls's conception of fair equality of opportunity * William Edmundson, Philosophy and Public Issues *
Samuel Freeman's Liberalism and Distributive Justice addresses and corrects a number of confusions that have characterized accounts of Rawlsian justice and provides the foundations for a clear understanding of the logic underlying justice as fairness. * Alexander Kaufman, Philosophy and Public Issues *

ISBN: 9780197635759

Dimensions: 157mm x 244mm x 28mm

Weight: 499g

368 pages