Introduction: John Rawls and the crisis of American liberalism -- Justice as fairness -- The second principle of justice -- "Choosing" principles of justice in the original position -- A just constitution -- Economic justice -- Civil disobedience vs. the right of resistance -- "Goodness as...

Machine generated contents note: -- Part I. Varieties of Liberalism and the early welfare state: UK, Germany, and Japan -- 1. Liberalism and the welfare state in Britain, 1880-1945 -- Roger Backhouse, Bradley Bateman, and Tamotsu Nishizawa -- 2. New liberalism to the new right: economists and...

"The essays in this volume analyse the relationship between core concepts of the common good and the work of American political philosopher John Rawls. One of the main criticisms that has been made of Rawls is his supposed neglect of central aspects of collective life. The contributors to this...