The Original Position Classic Philosophical Arguments Timothy Hin… 9781107627512

The Original Position\n\nThis volume explores and analyses the continued relevance and ramifications of the original position, the central idea of John Rawls's political philosophy.\n\nTimothy Hinton (Edited by)\n\n9781107627512 (SKU 3195706), Cambridge University Press\n\nPaperback / softback, published 10 December 2015\n\n292 pages\n24.6 x 17.4 x 1.4 cm, 0.58 kg\n\n'Although the original position argument became famous over forty years ago, it's testimony to John Rawls's immense creativity is that an accurate assessment of its strengths and weaknesses is still emerging. Tim Hinton's collection of lucid and thought-provoking essays will play an invaluable role in this welcome process, and also casts new light on work by several of the leading philosophers who have engaged with the argument, including G. A. Cohen, Ronald Dworkin, and T. M. Scanlon. The volume could be read with profit by specialists and students alike.' Andrew Williams, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced S]