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Free and Equal: A Manifesto for a Just Society
0593801687 epub Imagine: You are designing a society, but you don't know who you'll be within itrich or poor, man or woman, gay or straight. What would you want that society to look like? This is the revolutionary thought experiment proposed by the twentieth century's greatest political philosopher, John Rawls. As economist and philosopher Daniel Chandler argues in this hugely ambitious and exhilarating manifesto, it is by rediscovering Rawls that we can find a way out of the escalating crises that are devastating our world today. "A vigorous case for adopting the liberal political framework laid out by John Rawls. . . . Chandler is a lucid and elegant writer, and theres an earnest sense of excitement propelling his argument a belief that Rawlss framework for thinking through political issues offers a humane way out of the most intractable disputes. Read more