A Theory of Justice: Original Edition

CONTENTS
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Part One. Theory......Page 18
1. The Role of Justice......Page 20
2. The Subject of Justice......Page 24
3. The Main Idea of the Theory of Justice......Page 28
4. The Original Position and Justification......Page 34
5. Classical Utilitarianism......Page 39
6. Some Related Contrasts......Page 44
7. Intuitionism......Page 51
8. The Priority Problem......Page 57
9. Some Remarks about Moral Theory......Page 63
10. Institutions and Formal Justice......Page 71
11. Two Principles of Justice......Page 77
12. Interpretations of the Second Principle......Page 82
13. Democratic Equality and the Difference Principle......Page 92
14. Fair Equality of Opportunity and Pure Procedural Justice......Page 100
15. Primary Social Goods as the Basis of Expectations......Page 107
16. Relevant Social Positions......Page 112
17. The Tendency to Equality......Page 117
18. Principles for Individuals: The Principle of Fairness......Page 125
19. Principles for Individuals: The Natural Duties......Page 131
20. The Nature of the Argument for Conceptions of Justice......Page 135
21. The Presentation of Alternatives......Page 139
22. The Circumstances of Justice......Page 143
23. The Formal Constraints of the Concept of Right......Page 147
24. The Veil of Ignorance......Page 153
25. The Rationality of the Parties......Page 159
26. The Reasoning Leading to the Two Principles of Justice......Page 167
27. The Reasoning Leading to the Principle of Average Utility......Page 178
28. Some Difficulties with the Average Principle......Page 184
29. Some Main Grounds for the Two Principles of Justice......Page 192
30. Classical Utilitarianism, Impartiality, and Benevolence......Page 200
Part Two. Institutions......Page 210
31. The Four-Stage Sequence
......Page 212
32. The Concept of Liberty......Page 218
33. Equal Liberty of Conscience......Page 222
34. Toleration and the Common Interest......Page 228
35. Toleration of the Intolerant......Page 233
36. Political Justice and the Constitution......Page 238
37. Limitations on the Principle of Participation......Page 245
38. TheRule of Law......Page 252
39. The Priority of Liberty Defined......Page 260
40. The Kantian Interpretation of Justice as Fairness......Page 268
41. The Concept of Justice in Political Economy......Page 275
42. Some Remarks about Economic Systems......Page 282
43. Background Institutions for Distributive Justice......Page 291
44. The Problem of Justice between Generations......Page 301
45. Time Preference......Page 310
46. Further Cases of Priority......Page 315
47. The Precepts of Justice......Page 320
48. Legitimate Expectations and Moral Desert......Page 327
49. Comparison with Mixed Conceptions......Page 332
50. The Principle of Perfection......Page 342
51. The Arguments for the Principles of Natural Duty......Page 350
52. The Arguments for the Principle of Fairness......Page 359
53. The Duty To Comply with an Unjust Law......Page 367
54. The Status of Majority Rule......Page 373
55. The Definition of Civil Disobedience......Page 380
56. The Definition of Conscientious Refusal......Page 385
57. The Justification of Civil Disobedience......Page 388
58. The Justification of Conscientious Refusal......Page 394
59. The Role of Civil Disobedience......Page 399
Part Three. Ends......Page 410
60. The Need for a Theory of the Good......Page 412
61. The Definition of Good for Simpler Cases......Page 416
62. A Note on Meaning......Page 421
63. The Definition of Good for Plans of Life......Page 424
64. Deliberative Rationality......Page 433
65. The Aristotelian Principle......Page 441
66. The Definition of Good Applied to Persons......Page 450
67. Self-Respect, Excellences, and Shame......Page 457
68. Several Contrasts between the Right and the Good......Page 463
69. The Concept of a Well-Ordered Society......Page 470
70. The Morality of Authority......Page 479
71. The Morality of Association......Page 484
72. The Morality of Principles......Page 489
73. Features of the Moral Sentiments......Page 496
74. The Connection between Moral and Natural Attitudes......Page 502
75. The Principles of Moral Psychology......Page 507
76. The Problem of Relative Stability......Page 513
77. The Basis of Equality......Page 521
78. Autonomy and Objectivity......Page 530
79. The Idea of Social Union......Page 537
80. The Problem of Envy......Page 547
81. Envy and Equality......Page 551
82. The Grounds for the Priority of Liberty......Page 558
83. Happiness and Dominant Ends......Page 565
84. Hedonism as a Method of Choice......Page 571
85. Tlie Unity of the Self......Page 577
86. The Good of the Sense of Justice......Page 584
87. Concluding Remarks on Justification......Page 594
Index......Page 606