A Theory of Justice: Revised Edition
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE FOR THE REVISED EDITION -- PREFACE -- Part One. Theory -- CHAPTER I. JUSTICE AS FAIRNESS -- 1. The Role of Justice -- 2. The Subject of Justice -- 3. The Main Idea of the Theory of Justice -- 4. The Original Position and Justification -- 5. Classical Utilitarianism -- 6. Some Related Contrasts -- 7. Intuitionism -- 8. The Priority Problem -- 9. Some Remarks about Moral Theory -- CHAPTER II. THE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE -- 10. Institutions and Formal Justice -- 11. Two Principles of Justice -- 12. Interpretations of the Second Principle -- 13. Democratic Equality and the Difference Principle -- 14. Fair Equality of Opportunity and Pure Procedural Justice -- 15. Primary Social Goods as the Basis of Expectations -- 16. Relevant Social Positions -- 17. The Tendency to Equality -- 18. Principles for Individuals: The Principle of Fairness -- 19. Principles for Individuals: The Natural Duties -- CHAPTER III. THE ORIGINAL POSITION -- 20. The Nature of the Argument for Conceptions of Justice -- 21. The Presentation of Alternatives -- 22. The Circumstances of Justice -- 23. The Formal Constraints of the Concept of Right -- 24. The Veil of Ignorance -- 25. The Rationality of the Parties -- 26. The Reasoning Leading to the Two Principles of Justice -- 27. The Reasoning Leading to the Principle of Average Utility -- 28. Some Difficulties with the Average Principle -- 29. Some Main Grounds for the Two Principles of Justice -- 30. Classical Utilitarianism, Impartiality, and Benevolence -- Part Two. Institutions -- CHAPTER IV. EQUAL LIBERTY -- 31. The Four-Stage Sequence -- 32. The Concept of Liberty -- 33. Equal Liberty of Conscience -- 34. Toleration and the Common Interest -- 35. Toleration of the Intolerant -- 36. Political Justice and the Constitution -- 37. Limitations on the Principle of Participation -- 38. The Rule of Law -- 39. The Priority of Liberty Defined -- 40. The Kantian Interpretation of Justice as Fairness -- CHAPTER V. DISTRIBUTIVE SHARES -- 41. The Concept of Justice in Political Economy -- 42. Some Remarks about Economic Systems -- 43. Background Institutions for Distributive Justice -- 44. The Problem of Justice between Generations -- 45. Time Preference -- 46. Further Cases of Priority -- 47. The Precepts of Justice -- 48. Legitimate Expectations and Moral Desert -- 49. Comparison with Mixed Conceptions -- 50. The Principle of Perfection -- CHAPTER VI. DUTY AND OBLIGATION -- 51. The Arguments for the Principles of Natural Duty -- 52. The Arguments for the Principle of Fairness -- 53. The Duty to Comply with an Unjust Law -- 54. The Status of Majority Rule -- 55. The Definition of Civil Disobedience -- 56. The Definition of Conscientious Refusal -- 57. The Justification of Civil Disobedience -- 58. The Justification of Conscientious Refusal -- 59. The Role of Civil Disobedience -- Part Three. Ends -- CHAPTER VII. GOODNESS AS RATIONALITY -- 60. The Need for a Theory of the Good -- 61. The Definition of Good for Simpler Cases -- 62. A Note on Meaning -- 63. The Definition of Good for Plans of Life -- 64. Deliberative Rationality -- 65. The Aristotelian Principle -- 66. The Definition of Good Applied to Persons -- 67. Self-Respect, Excellences, and Shame -- 68. Several Contrasts between the Right and the Good -- CHAPTER VIII. THE SENSE OF JUSTICE -- 69. The Concept of a Well-Ordered Society -- 70. The Morality of Authority -- 71. The Morality of Association -- 72. The Morality of Principles -- 73. Features of the Moral Sentiments -- 74. The Connection between Moral and Natural Attitudes -- 75. The Principles of Moral Psychology -- 76. The Problem of Relative Stability -- 77. The Basis of Equality -- CHAPTER IX. THE GOOD OF JUSTICE -- 78. Autonomy and Objectivity -- 79. The Idea of Social Union -- 80. The Problem of Envy -- 81. Envy and Equality -- 82. The Grounds for the Priority of Liberty -- 83. Happiness and Dominant Ends -- 84. Hedonism as a Method of Choice -- 85. The Unity of the Self -- 86. The Good of the Sense of Justice -- 87. Concluding Remarks on Justification -- Conversion Table -- Index