The Philosophy of Rawls

John Rawls is the pre-eminent political philosopher of our time. His 1971 masterpiece, A Theory of Justice , permanently changed the landscape of moral political theory, revitalizing the normative study of social issues and taking stands about justice, ethics, rationality and philosophical method that continue to draw followers and critics today. Here in these five volumes Henry S. Richardson and Paul Weithman draw together almost ninety of the most incisive and influential articles in the body of secondary literature that has grown up around Rawls's work since the early 1950's. Many of the articles are drawn from difficult to find sources and cover the extent of controversies sparked by the premier contemporary political philosopher.