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Liberalism and the Limits ofJustice

SECOND EDITION

MICHAEL J. SANDEL

CAMBRIDGE
W UNIVERSITY PRESS

Contents
Preface to the Second Edition: The Limits of Communitarianism Acknowledgments Introduction: Liberalism and the Primacy ofJustice The Foundations of Liberalism: Kant versus Mill The Transcendental Subject The Sociological Objection Deontology with a Humean Face 1 Justice and the Moral Subject The Primacy ofJustice and the Priority of the Self Liberalism without Metaphysics: The Original Position The Circumstances ofJustice: Empiricist Objections The Circumstances ofJustice: Deontological Rejoinder In Search of the Moral Subject The Self and the Other: The Priority of Plurality The Self and Its Ends: The Subject of Possession Individualism and the Claims of Community 2 Possession, Desert, and Distributive Justice Libertarianism to Egalitarianism Meritocracy versus the Difference Principle Defending Common Assets The Basis of Desert Individual and Social Claims: Who Owns What? 3 Contract Theory and Justification The Morality of Contract Contracts versus Contractarian Arguments Liberalism and the Priority of Procedure What Really Goes on behind the Veil of Ignorance

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4 Justice and the Good The Unity of the Self The Case of Affirmative Action Three Conceptions of Community Agency and the Role of Reflection Agency and the Role of Choice The Status of the Good The Moral Epistemology ofJustice Justice and Community Conclusion: Liberalism and the Limits ofJustice Deontology's Liberating Project Character, Self-Knowledge, and Friendship A Response to Rawls' Political Liberalism Contesting the Priority of the Right over the Good Defending the Priority of the Right over the Good Assessing Political Liberalism
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