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The original position / edited by Timothy Hinton. - ix, 281 pages ; 25 cm. - Classic philosophical arguments .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-273) and index.

Table of contents
List of abbreviations;
Introduction: the original position and The Original Position;
an overview Timothy Hinton;
1. Justice as fairness, utilitarianism, and mixed conceptions David O. Brink;
2. Rational choice and the original position: the (many) models of Rawls and Harsanyi Gerald Gaus and John Thrasher;
3. The strains of commitment Jeremy Waldron;
4. Our talents, our histories, ourselves: Nozick on the original position argument John Christman;
5. Rawls and Dworkin on hypothetical reasoning Matthew Clayton;
6. Feminist receptions of the original position Amy R. Baehr;
7. G. A. Cohen's critique of the original position David Estlund;
8. Liberals, radicals, and the original position Timothy Hinton;
9. The original position and Scanlon's contractualism Joshua Cohen;
10. The 'Kantian roots' of the original position Andrews Reath;
11. Stability and the original position from Theory to Political Liberalism Paul Weithman;
12. The original position in the law of peoples Gillian Brock
References


ISBN: 9781107044487 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781107627512 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2015020040

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Political science--Philosophy.
Liberalism--Philosophy.

LC Class. No.: JA71 / .O675 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 320.01 HIN