A Theory of Justice
Ranked #1 in Business Law, Ranked #1 in Jurisprudence — see more rankings.
Since it appeared in 1971, John Rawls’s A Theory of Justice has become a classic. The author has now revised the original edition to clear up a number of difficulties he and others have found in the original book.
Rawls aims to express an essential part of the common core of the democratic tradition—justice as fairness—and to provide an alternative to utilitarianism, which had dominated the Anglo-Saxon tradition... more
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Azeem Azhar Creator/Exponential ViewRecommends this book
Lucas Morales Depending on your interest and goals, if you are like me and always looking for the trends in the big picture then I highly recommend being an active contrarian reader. Read what no one else is reading. Your goal is to think outside the box. To look at the world and ask “why hasn’t this been solved?” And that gives you a roadmap as to what opportunities may exist for your entrepreneurial efforts. So to that, here’s a snapshot, in no particular order, of what might help you push your intellectual boundaries: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah 23 Things They... (Source)
Jonathan Wolff Rawls wants you to think about how you would design society if you didn’t know what place you’d play in it. (Source)
Ann Miura-Ko Actually a dialogue and a real logical debate. (Source)
Rankings by Category
A Theory of Justice is ranked in the following categories:
- #39 in Abstract
- #18 in Business Ethics
- #18 in Ethics
- #27 in Justice
- #23 in Law
- #9 in Liberalism
- #95 in Morality
- #95 in Philosophy
- #7 in Political Philosophy
- #43 in Political Science
- #8 in Political Theory
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