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In this series the most important works in the history of philosophy are discussed with cooperative commentary from internationally renowned philosophers. Each volume contains 12 to 15 essays, and follows the organizational structure of the discussed philosophical work. Essential reading for students and academics alike, the series elucidates the major themes in philosophy without the need for time-consuming consultation of secondary literature.

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John Rawls´ zweites Hauptwerk, Politischer Liberalismus (1993), widmet sich der Frage, wie eine liberale Gesellschaft angesichts des gesellschaftlichen Pluralismus in Gerechtigkeitsfragen zu einem Konsens gelangen kann. In den Beiträgen des Klassiker Auslegen -Bandes wird das Werk von international renommierten Forschern systematisch interpretiert und zugleich Rawls´ Argumentation hinsichtlich ihrer Tragweite, aber auch ihrer Grenzen erörtert.

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In this series the most important works in the history of philosophy are discussed with cooperative commentary from internationally renowned philosophers. Each volume contains 12 to 15 essays, and follows the organizational structure of the discussed philosophical work. Essential reading for students and academics alike, the series elucidates the major themes in philosophy without the need for time-consuming consultation of secondary literature.

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John Rawls´s second major work, Political Liberalism (1993), is devoted to the question of how a liberal society can arrive at a consensus regarding questions of justice given its societal pluralism. The essays provide systematic interpretations of the work by internationally renowned researchers and, at the same time, examine the broad scope of Rawls´s arguments as well as their limitations.

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Otfried Höffe, Universität Tübingen.

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