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A Critical Analysis Of John Rawls’ Second Principle Of Justice
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1.7 LITERATURE REVIEW
The first book reviewed
is authored by John Rawls himself, titled “Theory of Justice’’ published
in 1971 by Harvard University Press. I reviewed this book for the
obvious reason that it was written by John Rawls himself. This book gave
us a firsthand view of John Rawls’ principle of justice.
Another
book reviewed is by Samuel Freeman titled “Rawls†published in 2007 by
Freeman, projected an understanding of Rawls’ work. He gave attention to
every detail and this is as a result of his awareness of the overall
structure of the theory and the philosophical significance of Rawls’
grand strategy.
I also reviewed a book by Joseph Omoregbe titled
“Social-Political Philosophy and International Relations†published in
2007 Lagos. This book gave an in depth meaning of justice, it also
emphasized the idea of distributive justice in which John Rawls second
principle of justice can be classified under. From there, Omoregbe
breaks down John Rawls’ idea of the principle of justice.
Another
book that was reviewed is by Paul Graham titled “Rawls†published in
2007 by One World thinkers. In this book, Paul Graham gave his own
interpretation and understanding of John Rawls’ work.
I also reviewed
a book by Stumpf and Abel titled “Elements of philosophy†published in
2002 by McGraw-Hill. This book gives a clear and simple explanation of
John Rawls’ book. “A theory of justiceâ€, give extracts from the book.
Another
of Joseph Omoregbe’s book “A Simplified History of Western Philosophyâ€
was also reviewed. It was published in 1991 at Ikeja, Lagos. This book
gave a more elaborate understanding of John Rawls principles of justice,
by giving us the four systems which Rawls examine to see which of them
is conducive to the realization of the second principle which demands
that the least advantaged the poor, is always favoured by any change or
socio-economic arrangement in society.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]John Rawls’ “A theory of justice†published in 1971, changed contemporary political theory. In the book, John Rawls presented a reformulation of the social contract theory of John Locke, Jean Jacque Rosseau and Immanuel Kant, providing a justification of the liberal state. According to John Rawls, parties to a contract in an original position would accept two principles of justice to regulate the basic structure of society. The two principles are; 1 Each person is to have ... Continue reading---
