John Rawls's A Theory ofJusticel marks a pivotal turning point in the most recent history of
practical philosophy, for he restored long-suppressed moral questions to the status of
serious objects of philosophical investigation. Immanuel Kant posed the fundamental
question of morality in such a way that it admitted a rational answer: we ought to do what is
equally good for all persons. Without espousing Kant's transcendental philosophical
background assumptions, Rawls renewed this theoretical approach with particular reference …

John Rawls's A Theory of Justice1 marks a pivotal turning point in the most recent history of
practical philosophy, for he restored long-suppressed moral questions to the status of
serious objects of philosophical investigation. Immanuel Kant posed the fundamental
question of morality in such a way that it admitted a rational answer: we ought to do what is
equally good for all persons. Without espousing Kant's transcendental philosophical
background assumptions, Rawls renewed this theoretical approach with particular reference …