Liberalism and the Limits of Justice by Sandel, Michael J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Contents Copyright Page Preface to the Second Edition: The Limits of Communitarianism Acknowledgments Introduction: Liberalism and the Primacy of Justice

The Foundations of Liberalism: Kant versus Mill The Transcendental Subject The Sociological Objection Deontology with a Humean Face

1 Justice and the Moral Subject

2 Possession, Desert, and Distributive Justice

Libertarianism to Egalitarianism Meritocracy versus the Difference Principle Defending Common Assets The Basis of Desert Individual and Social Claims: Who Owns What?

3 Contract Theory and Justification

The Morality of Contract Contracts versus Contractarian Arguments Liberalism and the Priority of Procedure What Really Goes on behind the Veil of Ignorance

4 Justice and the Good

The Unity of the Self The Case of Affirmative Action Three Conceptions of Community Agency and the Role of Reflection Agency and the Role of Choice The Status of the Good The Moral Epistemology of Justice Justice and Community

Conclusion: Liberalism and the Limits of Justice

Deontology’s Liberating Project Character, Self-Knowledge, and Friendship

A Response to Rawls’ Political Liberalism

Contesting the Priority of the Right over the Good Defending the Priority of the Right over the Good Assessing Political Liberalism

Bibliography Index