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Tables of Contents for A Theory of Justice
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface for the Revised Edition
xi
Preface
xvii
Part One. Theory
Justice as Fairness
3
44
The Role of Justice
3
3
The Subject of Justice
6
4
The Main Idea of the Theory of Justice
10
5
The Original Position and Justification
15
4
Classical Utilitarianism
19
5
Some Related Contrasts
24
6
Institutionism
30
6
The Priority Problem
36
4
Some Remarks about Moral Theory
40
7
The Principles of Justice
47
55
Institutions and Formal Justice
47
5
Two Principles of Justice
52
5
Interpretations of the Second Principle
57
8
Democractic Equality and the Difference Principle
65
8
Fair Equality of Opportunity and Pure Procedural Justice
73
5
Primary Social Goods as the Basis of Expectations
78
3
Relevant Social Positions
81
5
The Tendency to Equality
86
7
Principles for Individuals: The Principles of Fairness
93
5
Principles for Individuals: The Natural Duties
98
4
The Original Position
102
69
The Nature of the Argument for Conceptions of Justice
102
3
The Presentation of Alternatives
105
4
The Circumstances of Justice
109
3
The Formal Constraints of the Concept of Right
112
6
The Veil of Ignorance
118
5
The Rationality of the Parties
123
7
The Reasoning Leading to the Two Principles of Justice
130
9
The Reasoning Leading to the Principle of Average Utility
139
5
Some Difficulties with the Average Principle
144
9
Some Main Grounds for the Two Principles of Justice
153
7
Classical Utilitarianism, Impartiality, and Benevolence
160
11
Part Two. Institutions
Equal Liberty
171
57
The Four-Stage Sequence
171
5
The Concept of Liberty
176
4
Equal Liberty of Conscience
180
6
Toleration and the Common Interest
186
4
Toleration of the Intolerant
190
4
Political Justice and the Constitution
194
6
Limitations on the Principle of Participation
200
6
The Rule of Law
206
8
The Priority of Liberty Defined
214
7
The Kantian Interpretation of Justice as Fairness
221
7
Distributive Shares
228
65
The Concept of Justice in Political Economy
228
6
Some Remarks about Economic Systems
234
8
Background Institutions for Distributive Justice
242
9
The Problem of Justice between Generations
251
8
Time Preference
259
4
Further Cases of Priority
263
4
The Precepts of Justice
267
6
Legitimate Expectations and Moral Desert
273
4
Comparison with Mixed Conceptions
277
8
The Principle of Perfection
285
8
Duty and Obligation
293
54
The Arguments for the Principles of Natural Duty
293
8
The Arguments for the Principle of Fairness
301
7
The Duty to Comply with an Unjust Law
308
5
The Status of Majority Rule
313
6
The Definition of Civil Disobedience
319
4
The Definition of Conscientious Refusal
323
3
The Justification of Civil Disobedience
326
5
The Justification of Conscientious Refusal
331
4
The Role of Civil Disobedience
335
12
Part Three. Ends
Goodness as Rationality
347
50
The Need for a Theory of the Good
347
3
The Definition of Good for Simpler Cases
350
5
A Note on Meaning
355
3
The Definition of Good for Plans of Life
358
7
Deliberative Rationality
365
7
The Aristotelian Principle
372
8
The Definition of Good Applied to Persons
380
6
Self-Respect, Excellences, and Shame
386
6
Several Contrasts between the Right and the Good
392
5
The Sense of Justice
397
53
The Concept of a Well-Ordered Society
397
8
The Morality of Authority
405
4
The Morality of Association
409
5
The Morality of Principles
414
6
Features of the Moral Sentiments
420
5
The Connection between Moral and Natural Attitudes
425
4
The Principles of Moral Psychology
429
5
The Problem of Relative Stability
434
7
The Basis of Equality
441
9
The Good of Justice
450
67
Autonomy and Objectivity
450
6
The Idea of Social Union
456
8
The Problem of Envy
464
4
Envy and Equality
468
6
The Grounds for the Priority of Liberty
474
6
Happiness and Dominant Ends
480
6
Hedonism as a Method of Choice
486
5
The Unity of the Self
491
5
The Good of the Sense of Justice
496
10
Concluding Remarks on Justification
506
11
Conversion Table
517
4
Index
521