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129Contractualism, moral motivation, and practical reasonJournal of Philosophy 88 (6): 281-303. 1991.A discussion of T M Scanlon's contractualism as a foundational account of the nature of morality. The article discusses how contractualism provides an account of moral truth and objectivity that is based in an idealization of moral reasoning. It then develops contractualism's account of moral motivation to show how it provides a way to understand obscure but central aspects of Kantian views: the claims that moral reasons are of a special kind, and that moral motives have a basis in practical rea…Read more
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300Constitutional democracy and the legitimacy of judicial reviewLaw and Philosophy 9 (4). 1990.It has long been argued that the institution of judicial review is incompatible with democratic institutions. This criticism usually relies on a procedural conception of democracy, according to which democracy is essentially a form of government defined by equal political rights and majority rule. I argue that if we see democracy not just as a form of government, but more basically as a form of sovereignty, then there is a way to conceive of judicial review as a legitimate democratic institution…Read more
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100Review: Michael Otsuka: Libertarianism without Inequality (review)Mind 117 (467): 709-715. 2008.
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79Social contract approachesIn David Estlund (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Political Philosophy, Oxford University Press, Usa. pp. 133. 2012.
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4John Rawls–an OverviewIn The Cambridge companion to Rawls, Cambridge University Press. pp. 1--59. 2002.
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209Utilitarianism, Deontology, and the Priority of RightPhilosophy and Public Affairs 23 (4): 313-349. 1994.
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49RawlsRoutledge. 2007.In this superb introduction, Samuel Freeman introduces and assesses the main topics of Rawls' philosophy. Starting with a brief biography and charting the influences on Rawls' early thinking, he goes on to discuss the heart of Rawls's philosophy: his principles of justice and their practical application to society. Subsequent chapters discuss Rawls's theories of liberty, political and economic justice, democratic institutions, goodness as rationality, moral psychology, political liberalism, and …Read more
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125Deliberative Democracy: A Sympathetic CommentPhilosophy and Public Affairs 29 (4): 371-418. 2000.
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118The Cambridge companion to Rawls (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2002.Each volume of this series of companions to major philosophers contains specially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars and will serve as a reference work for students and nonspecialists. John Rawls is the most significant and influential philosopher and moral philosopher of the twentieth century. His work has profoundly shaped contemporary discussions of social, political and economic justice in philosophy, law, political science, economics and other social disciplines. In th…Read more
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111Original meaning, democratic interpretation, and the constitutionPhilosophy and Public Affairs 21 (1): 3-42. 1992.
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52Constructivism, Facts, and Moral JustificationIn Thomas Christiano & John Christman (eds.), Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.This chapter contains sections titled: What Are Fundamental Principles of Justice? Justice, Human Needs and Moral Capacities The Social Role of a Conception of Justice Justice and the Human Good Methodological Remarks Notes.
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216Reason and agreement in social contract viewsPhilosophy and Public Affairs 19 (2): 122-157. 1990.
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250G. A. Cohen's Critique of Rawls's Difference PrincipleThe Harvard Review of Philosophy 19 23-45. 2013.
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