* Introduction *Joshua Cohen and Thomas Nagel * The Theological Ethics of the Young Rawls and Its Background *Robert Merrihew Adams A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith * A Note on the Text * Preface * A General Prospectus * Vindication of the Natural Cosmos * The Extended Natural Cosmos * The Meaning of Sin * The Meaning of Faith * Bibliography On My Religion * Index
John Rawls was James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. He was recipient of the 1999 National Humanities Medal. Thomas Nagel is University Professor, Professor of Law, and Professor of Philosophy at New York University. Joshua Cohen is Marta Sutton Weeks Professor of Ethics in Society at Stanford University and coeditor of Boston Review. Thomas Nagel is University Professor, Professor of Law, and Professor of Philosophy at New York University. Robert Merrihew Adams is Clark Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Yale University.
What a pleasure to read John Rawls's senior thesis at Princeton,
which he submitted in 1942, long before his book A Theory of
Justice (1971) established him as America's most respected liberal
philosopher of law. Rawls's later writings are as pareve (neutral)
as could be--they have no hint of the religious passion and wisdom
that permeates his senior thesis. Robert Merrihew Adams has a long
accompanying essay reviewing what is the most exciting in Rawls's
thesis.
*Tikkun*
No recent secular moralist has been more influential than John
Rawls...[A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith]
undoubtedly reveals an interesting stage in the development of a
highly significant philosopher.
*Times Literary Supplement*
Allows us to see how a very intelligent believer, who once
considered the priesthood, lost his Christian faith as a young
man.
*New Yorker*
[A] fascinating account of the evolution of his religious
convictions.
*Christian Century*
[A] fascinating account of the evolution of his religiousd
convictions.
*Christian Century*
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