A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith : With "On My Religion"

Rawls, John, Nagel, Thomas

ISBN 10: 0674033310 / ISBN 13: 9780674033313

Published by Harvard University Press, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith : With "On My Religion"
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674033310
• ISBN 13: 9780674033313
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The philosophical interest of John Rawls' recently rediscovered senior thesis, completed just before he shipped out for the Pacific in 1942, cannot be separated from our knowledge of Rawls' later work - but his defining intellectual quality and moral motivation are already visible in his defense of a conception of faith as membership with all other persons in a spiritual community with one another and with God. Much modern philosophy defined itself against religion, yet Christian beliefs give the basic structure to Rawls' Theory of Justice. The notion of the 'veil of ignorance', for instance, echoes Jesus' teaching that we must behave well even to the least of our brothers and sisters. His philosophy is deeply resonant of a Protestant Christianity that features the deepest sense of the value of the individual. In addition to the thesis and 'On My Religion', a statement written for Rawls' family in his last decade of writing that reflects his ongoing engagement in theological thought, this book includes a philosophical introduction by Thomas Nagel and Joshua Cohen and a theological commentary by Robert Merrihew Adams.

About the Author

John Rawls was James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University and the recipient of the 1999 National Humanities Medal. He is the author of many distinguished books, including The Law of Peoples and A Theory of Justice (both from Harvard). Thomas Nagel is University Professor, Professor of Law, and Professor of Philosophy at New York University.