In this paper we challenge the common interpretation of Rawls' Theory of Justice as Fairness by showing that this … Theory, as outlined in the Restatement (Rawls 2001), goes well beyond the definition of a distributive value judgment, in … identified a priori, and partial justice orderings derived accordingly …

In this paper, the authors challenge the common interpretation of Rawls' Theory of Justice as Fairness by showing that … this theory, as outlined in the restatement (Rawls, Justice as Fairness: a Restatement, 2001), goes well beyond the … potentially Rawls-optimal social contracts can be identified a priori, and partial justice orderings derived accordingly. …

This book is Karl Widerquist’s first statement of the “indepentarian” theory of property, called, “Justice as the … in distributive justice—the ethics of who has what. He has published ten books and dozens of articles in fields as …