This book develops John Rawls’s theory of justice by adding reality-based analyses. This is accomplished by answering the question of who makes rules and how, and by providing new answers to three of today’s most practical and critical issues. The question of who and how makes rules is...

Perspectives for a Theory of Need-based Distributive Justice -- Need-based Justice from the Perspective of Philosophy -- Identifying Needs: The Psychological Perspective -- Need-based Justice: A Sociological Perspective -- Collective Decisions on Need-based Distribution: A Political Science --...

Introduction -- Part I - The Dual Argument (1920 - 1947): The Socialist Calculation Debates -- The Lippmann Colloquium -- The Economic Consequences -- Part II - The First Meeting (1947): An Army of Fighters for Freedom -- Using the State -- A New Europe -- The Second Week -- Conclusions: What Is...