A THEORY OF

JUSTICEJOHN RAWLS (1921-

Abhishek Kutty

JUSTICE AS FAIRNESS
i.

Role of Justice

ii. The Subject of Subject

iii. The Main Idea of the Theory of Justice
iv. The Original Position and Justification
v.

Classical Utilitarianism

vi. Intuitionism
vii. The Priority Problem

THE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE

i.

Institutions and Formal Justice

ii. Two Principles of Justice

iii. Interpretations of the Second Principle
iv. Democratic Equality and the Difference Principle
v.

Fair Equality of Opportunity and Pure Procedural Justice

vi. Primary Social Goods as the basis of Expectations

vii. The Tendency to Equality
viii. Principles for Individuals: The Principle of Fairness
ix. Principles for Individuals: The Natural Duties

THE ORIGINAL POSITION

i.

The Nature and Arguments for Conceptions of Justice

ii. The Presentation of Alternatives

iii. The Circumstances of Justice
iv. The Formal Constraints of the Concept of Right
v.

The Veil of Ignorance

vi. The Rationality of Parties

vii. The Reasoning
viii.Classical Utilitarianism, Impartiality and Benevolence

EQUAL LIBERTY
i.

The Four Stage sequence

ii. The Concept of Liberty

iii. Equal Liberty of Conscience
iv. Toleration and the Common Interest
v.

Toleration of the Intolerant

vi. Political Justice and the Constitution

vii. Limitations on the Principle of Participation
viii. The Rule of Law
ix. The Priority of Liberty defined
x. The Kantian Interpretation of Justice as Fairness

DISTRIBUTIVE SHARES
i.

The Concept of Justice in a Political Economy

ii. Background Institution for Distributive Justice

iii. The Problem of Justice between Generations
iv. Time Preference
v.

The Precepts of Justice

vi. Legitimate expectations and Moral Desert

vii. Comparison and Mixed Conceptions
viii.The Principles of Perfections

DUTY AND OBLIGATION

i.

The Arguments for the Principle of Natural Duty

ii. The Arguments for the Principle of Fairness

iii. The Duty to comply with an Unjust Law
iv. The Status of Majority Rule
v.

The Definition of Civil Disobedience

vi. The Definition of Contentious Refusal

vii. The Justification of Conscientious Refusal
viii.The Role of Civil Disobedience

GOODNESS AS RATIONALITY
i.

The Need for a Theory of the Good

ii. The Definition of Good for the Simpler Cases

iii. The Definition of Good for the Plans of Life
iv. Deliberative Rationality
v.

The Aristotelian Principle

vi. The Definition of Good applied to Persons

vii. Self-Respect, Excellences and Shame
viii.Several Constraints between the Right and the Good

THE SENSE OF JUSTICE

i.

The Concept of a Well-ordered Society

ii. The Morality of Authority

iii. The Morality of Association
iv. The Morality of Principles
v.

Features of the Moral Sentiments

vi. The Connection between Moral and Natural Attitudes

vii. The Principle of Moral Psychology
viii.The Problem of Relative Stability
ix. The Basis of Equality

THE GOOD OF JUSTICE

i.

Autonomy and Objectivity

ii. The idea of a Social Union

iii. The Problem of Envy
iv. Envy and Equality
v.

The Grounds for the Priority of Liberty

vi. Happiness and the Dominant Ends

vii. Hedonism as a Method of Choice
viii. The Unity of the Self
ix. The Good of the Sense of Justice
x. Concluding Remarks on Justification

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