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A Theory of Justice

on BBC Radio 3

Geoffrey Warnock , the philosopher, talks about JOHN RAWLS 'S new book A Theory of Justice which he considers the most important contribution to moral philosophy since the war. The book is an attempt to revive the traditional notion of a social contract as the basis of justice in opposition to the utilitarianism which the author sees as the dominant ethical theory of the last two centuries. followed by an Interlude

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Geoffrey Warnock
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John Rawls

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