A Theory of Justice

the long version

John Rawls draws on the most subtle techniques of contemporary analytic philosophy to provide the social contract tradition with what is, from a philosophical point of view at least, the most formidable defense it has yet received ...[and] makes available the powerful intellectual resources and the comprehensive approach that have so far eluded antiutilitarians.--Marshall Cohen (New York Times Book Review )I mean ...to press my recommendation of [this book] to non-philosophers, especially those