Each volume of this series of companions to major philosophers containsspecially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars and willserve as a ref... » 

Each volume of this series of companions to major philosophers containsspecially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars and willserve as a reference work for students and nonspecialists. John Rawls is themost significant and influential philosopher and moral philosopher of thetwentieth century. His work has profoundly shaped contemporary discussions ofsocial political and economic justice in philosophy law political scienceeconomics and other social disciplines. In this exciting collection of newessays many of the worlds leading political and moral theorists discuss thefull range of Rawlss contribution to the concepts of political and economicjustice democracy liberalism constitutionalism and international justice.There are also assessments of Rawlss controversial relationships withfeminism utilitarianism and communitarianism. New readers will find this themost accessible guide to Rawls currently available. Advanced students andspecialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretationof Rawls. «