Though the revised edition of A Theory of Justice, published in 1999, is the definitive statement of Rawls's view, so much of the extensive literature on Rawls's theory refers to the first edition. This reissue makes the first edition once again available for scholars and serious students of Rawls's work.

John Rawls was James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. He was recipient of the 1999 National Humanities Medal.

Read More by John Rawls:

• Collected Papers
• The Law of Peoples: with "The Idea of Public Reason Revisited"
• A Theory of Justice, Revised Edition
• Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy
• Justice as Fairness: A Restatement
• Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
• A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith: With "On My Religion"