Introduction: John Rawls and the crisis of American liberalism -- Justice as fairness -- The second principle of justice -- "Choosing" principles of justice in the original position -- A just constitution -- Economic justice -- Civil disobedience vs. the right of resistance -- "Goodness as...

Part I. Social justice -- The question of justice -- Why utilitarianism is not the best option -- Part II. Pluralism, public reason, and political stability -- The departure from classical liberalism -- Justice as fairness : a re-interpretation -- Why public reason is not the "public use of...