Buku ini merupakan penulisan ulang tesis master yang aslinya berjudul "The Basic Elements of John Rawls" Teory of Justice as Fairness. Isinya memperkenalkan teori keadilan Rawls yang oleh banyak pemikir dipandang sebagai salah satu gagasan yang tidak sedikit disumbangnya bagi kehidupan politik negara-negara modern.
Jhon Rawls mengemukakan suatu ide dalam bukunya A Theory of Justice bahwa teori keadilan merupakan suatu metode untuk mempelajari dan menghasilkan keadilan. Ada prosedur-prosedur berfikir untuk menghasilkan keadilan. Buku A Theory of Justice yang ditulis oleh John Rawls pada 1971 merupakan tonggak baru dalam sejarah pemikiran politik. Pasca-eranya David Hume, Immanuel Kant dan John Stuart Mill…
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'An excellent, very readable summary of Cardinal Newman's intellectual achievement - Ker's most original contribution lies in his attempt to credit Newman with an original theory of knowledge and enduring significance as a philosopher.'