The Théorie of justice is a political book of Philosophie and Morale writes by John Rawls. Initially published in 1971 English (, under the title: has Theory off Justice , Harvard, HUP), it was republished firstly in 1975, then in 1999; the French translation, made by Catherine Audard, was born in 1987, with the editions of the Threshold.

In this book, Rawls wants to solve the problem of the distributive Justice by utilitarianism, mutatis-mutandis , and the social contract. The theory while resulting is called Justice ace Fairness , according to which it draws its two basic principles from justice: the principle of liberty and the principle of difference.

Objective

The first goal which Rawls in its book wants to reach is to provide a solution to the problem of the political obligation. In other words, he wants to explain how and in which circumstances the citizens are obliged to respect the laws, which are promulgated by the State. This while posing as assumption that there exists a kind of state of nature (with the manner of Jean-Jacques Rousseau), justifying the principle of equity, in order to avoid the disparities in the negotiations of being able. This hypothetical situation justifies the coercive use of the capacity of the State, because it is this one which guides the State to be reformed with the assent of the citizens who are free. It is this theory which Rawls called " justice ace fairness " - justice like equity.

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