An article by John Harsanyi anticipated this man's major innovation, but used it to argue for utilitarianism. In one book, this writer attempted to provide solutions to the problems left open by both natural-right and classical social contract theories by introducing the idea of an "overlapping consensus." His last book, The Law of Peoples, applied his methods to the problem of inter-state relations, again grounding these
An article by John Harsanyi anticipated this man's major innovation, but used it to argue for utilitarianism. In one book, this writer attempted to provide solutions to the problems left open by both natural-right and classical social contract theories by introducing the idea of an "overlapping consensus." His last book, The Law of Peoples, applied his methods to the problem of inter-state relations, again grounding these relations on a minimal conception of relational fairness. This mentor of Christine Korsgaard, Thomas Scanlon, and Amartya Sen wrote a work about starting conditions that are based on the idea of a "reflective equilibrium," and was criticized in Anarchy, State, and Utopia by Robert Nozick. For 10 points, name this philosopher of liberalism who posited the "veil of ignorance" in his A Theory of Justice.
An article by John Harsanyi anticipated this man's major innovation, but used it to argue for utilitarianism.
John Rawls