It is a hard read and time consuming however, for a complete understanding of Rawls' insightful magnum opus it is worth persevering. This is a long, intricate, technical and comprehensive theory, 560 pages of dense political philosophy. Although this book is more suited to political scientists and constitutional law specialists it is nevertheless fascinating for anyone interested with social democracy, anti-utilitarian thought and distributive justice. This book offers a new perspective of anti-utilitarian philosophy.
In this book he details his most famous political concepts: the 'original position', the veil of ignorance and, of course, his two principles of justice: the liberty principle and the difference principle. His theory of "Justice as Fairness" is the result of his efforts to solve the problem of distributive justice. Rawls continues the social contract tradition pioneered by the likes of Locke, Hobbes and most famously, Rousseau. John Rawls aims to express an essential part of the common coreof the democratic tradition-justice as fairness-and to provide analternative to utilitarianism, w. The efforts of leaders like Truman, Kennedy, Johnson. John Rawls' book of 1971 is a milestone in political and moral philosophy, as groundbreaking as the theories of Bentham and Kant and arguably the most important and influential piece of contemporary philosophy of the last century. A Theory of Justice was published just as the postwar liberal order in the US and UK was showing signs of strain.
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