Liberalism and the limits of justice / Michael J. Sandel.
1998
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Author
Title
Liberalism and the limits of justice / Michael J. Sandel.
Published
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Call Number
JC578 .S26 1998
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
0521562988
0521567416 (pbk.)
0521567416 (pbk.)
Description
xvii, 231 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)38551375
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-226) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition: The Limits of Communitarianism
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Liberalism and the Primacy of Justice
1
1
Justice and the Moral Subject
15
The Primacy of Justice and the Priority of the Self
15
Liberalism without Metaphysics: The Original Position
24
The Circumstances of Justice: Empiricist Objections
28
The Circumstances of Justice: Deontological Rejoinder
40
In Search of the Moral Subject
47
The Self and the Other: The Priority of Plurality
50
The Self and Its Ends: The Subject of Possession
54
Individualism and the Claims of Community
60
2
Possession, Desert, and Distributive Justice
66
Libertarianism to Egalitarianism
66
Meritocracy versus the Difference Principle
72
Defending Common Assets
77
The Basis of Desert
82
Individual and Social Claims: Who Owns What?
95
3
Contract Theory and Justification
104
The Morality of Contract
105
Contracts versus Contractarian Arguments
109
Liberalism and the Priority of Procedure
113
What Really Goes on behind the Veil of Ignorance
122
4
Justice and the Good
133
The Unity of the Self
133
The Case of Affirmative Action
135
Three Conceptions of Community
147
Agency and the Role of Reflection
154
Agency and the Role of Choice
161
The Status of the Good
165
The Moral Epistemology of Justice
168
Justice and Community
172
Conclusion: Liberalism and the Limits of Justice
175
A Response to Rawls' Political Liberalism
184
Bibliography
219
Index
227