classic conventions of justice—stable possession, transference of property by consent, and the obligation to fulfill promises …. In a scenario of scarce external resources, Hume’s central idea is that the development of the rules of justice responds … rationalism, the natural law school, and Hobbes’s contractarianism. Unlike natural moral sentiments, the sense of justice is …

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 … justice -- The just and the good -- Political liberalism I : principles -- Political liberalism II : applications -- "The idea …