Distributive Justice, Utilitarianism, and John Rawls

Abstract: This 5 page report discusses the work of American philosopher and political scientist John Rawls and his 1971 book, A Theory of Justice. In it, Rawls presents an alternative to the fundamental principle of political utilitarianism and keeps his thinking throughout the book within the parameters of the social contract beliefs and attitudes of John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau, and Immanuel Kant and then bases his own

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Catagory: Philosophy Of Religion, God'S Existence & Freewill

Subcatagory: Philosophy

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