Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword VII
3. Contents IX
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 The Rawlsian Theory of Justice 28
6. 2 A Meta-Ethical Theory: Cohen’s Idea of Justice 49
7. 3 A Meta-Ethical Theory: Cohen’s Rescue of Justice 72
8. 4 The Difference Principle 89
9. 5 The Rescue of Equality from the Rawlsian Theory of Justice 104
10. 6 Scrutinizing the Cohenian Rescue of Equality 120
11. 7 The Cohenian Alternative 139
12. 8 Disagreement on the Status of Principles 162
13. 9 Disagreement on the Status of Facts 175
14. 10 Different Understandings of Justice 191
15. Conclusion 216
16. References 218
17. Author Index 220
18. Subject Index 221